Raser’s Edge:  Republicans’ “alternate logic”

No need tell you what’s going on with Alabama Senatorial Candidate Roy Moore and Senator Al Franken. You’ve been getting a steady dose of it for a week.  Moore molested minors and Franken did a dumb thing with his now famous tongue and took a really stupid photograph.  As usual, I amused myself yesterday watching the Sunday morning network news shows and once again marveled at how Moron Don’s sycophants can destroy logic and rational thought.

Let’s start with Moore.  Trump has been silent about Moore’s child molesting.  When asked the president’s position on Moore, Marc Short, his director of legislative affairs, dodged around the question numerous times declaring the President was not campaigning for Moore and “It will be the people of Alabama who will decide on Moore.”  When asked about the President’s ignoring his own harassment behavior, Short stated the American people had resolved that issue by elected him.  In other words, by electing Trump, the American people essentially condoned sexual harassment by Trump and if Moore is elected the people of Alabama don’t have a problem with molesting children.  According to Republican “logic,” if the American people, or Alabamians, elect candidates who exhibit despicable behavior then despicable behavior is implicitly condoned by the people (including Evangelical Christian hypocrites).

Now let’s get to Franken.  This one comes from Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.  When asked how come Moron Don can tweet the most derogatory comments on Senator Al Franken (e.g. Frankenstein) and totally ignore his own sexual harassment behavior, she essentially replied Franken admitted his actions, Donald Trump never did.   Trump just said all 12 of the women accusing him are “liars.” So once again the Republicans’ version of rational thought is:  If a Senator admits doing something objectionable, the President has every right to slime him in public.  But, if a Presidential Candidate does something objectionable but does not admit it, it should be totally ignored.  (Of course, he did brag about “grabbing pussy” and that he could get away with anything with women since he is famous but Sanders evidently doesn’t consider that “admitting it.”)

So why is it surprising Republicans have a problem with logic and rational argument?  Might have something to do with their considering it perfectly acceptable to invent “alternate facts.”