Kevin Drum: Liberals Need to Be Lincolnesque In Our Lates...

Kevin Drum: Liberals Need to Be Lincolnesque In Our Latest Race War: "The entire Republican Party is now all-in on this strategy. They mostly stay quiet themselves and let Trump himself do the dirty work, but that���s enough. Nobody talks anymore about reaching out to the black community with a spirit of caring or any other spirit. Nor is there anything the rest of us can do about this. Republicans believe that wrecking the fabric of the country is their only hope of staying in power, and they���re right. If working-class whites abandon them even a little bit, they���re toast. So all we can do is try to crush them. What other options are there?... Liberals need to be as Lincolnesque as possible in this endeavor���we don���t have to win the votes of unrepentent bigots, just the fretful fence-sitters���but we also need to be Lincolnesque in our commitment to winning America���s latest race war...




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