From a reader serving at sea:
Good Evening Jonah,
We have only been able to get CNN out here for awhile, and I am getting really sick of this 24/7 infomercial that passes for the news. I got to thinking about your book, and could not help but wonder if the tables were turned.
Could you imagine the horror if it was the Republican party swooning over an oratory candidate in massive rallies with messianic overtones? The comparison to Hitler would be immediate and relentless. MSNBC would have a constant split screen showing how it was the 1930s all over again. Funny how the lefties decry blind faith and “lockstep” following unless it is there guy at the front. I don’t remember; how much dissent from a Democrat president was considered “the highest form of patriotism?”
A Republican could never enjoy this kind of popularity without the fascist comparison, and it makes me want to barf seeing this guy get a free ride.