The merger of the party and the state

The merger of party and state is the very definition of “banana republic”. And it’s worst of all when they get away with it – because it means they’ll do it again. Indeed, the subtext of Koskinen’s testimony is that he reserves the right to do it again.

I wonder where we’ll be after another eight years of this. One of the darker trends of the Obama era has been the remorseless convergence of the Democrat ideologues and the punitive bureaucracy. In that sense, the removal of the Washington Redskins’ trademark – their property rights – for disrespecting progressive ideology is a harbinger of things to come.

What a shame this ruthlessness is never extended to ISIS or the mullahs or Putin. But you have to be able to prioritize. America is a eunuch abroad but ever more despotic at home.