[dba-Tech] Hypocrisy is an art form

[Arthur Fuller]

It's been a while since I studied poetry in school, but my memory is
relatively good, given my age. Wallace Stevens, I think, wrote (sorry, I
cannot recall the poem, and a cursory Google search failed to find it):
     I am a man of principle,
     WIthin the limits of expediency.
Perhaps the Stevens citation was in error. I simply can't recall. It might
even be a snippet from Browning's My Last Duchess. At almost 71 yo, I tend
to conflate things that ought not be conflated.
One could go far before discovering a more accurate description of the
state in which perhaps the majority of GOP representatives find themselves,
and frankly I feel sorry for them. Ugly choice, either way: a) adopt the
sycophant posture (arse high in the air, on the simultaneous beliefs that
most of your voters are died-in-the-wool Trumpians, or b) stand up for the
values that created the GOP, which necessarily involves massive rejection
of the Trump takeover of the Party, and a stance against the President, and
ultimately, risks both your seat and even more ominously, a vote, along
with the Dems, in favour of impeachment.
As you know, I'm a Canadian, and therefore have problems with the two-party
American system, but that is fruit for another discussion, not this one.
In the past week, I have read the American Constitution three times, along
with its Amendments. I'm ill-prepared to call myself an expert, but I've
learned and grasped a quote and a concept here and there, and feel much
better equipped to argue various points than I did last month.
More to follow in next message; I'm aware of word-count limits.
Those are the two choices facing the GOP. Both, I admit, are ugly.
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