Sidney Blumenthal

“The genius of Lincoln was his ability to hold a moral and political vision in the face of overwhelming opposition.”

“Every single Republican who is in office is an enabler of Donald Trump.”

“What the Republican Party has become is a political religious cult.”

“Trump is the apotheosis of the reality TV star as political figure.”

“The conservative movement is a master of seduction, and it has been seducing the media for 30 years.”

“The story of the Clinton presidency is the story of a fundamental conflict between the forces of the future and the forces of the past.”

“What is at stake is the very idea of a fact-based reality.”

“Conservatism is the worship of dead revolutions.”

“The great political problem in our modern democracy is how to save the public from the exalted follies of its own popular leaders.”

“The entire right-wing echo chamber is predicated on a lie.”

“The right-wing media is not a news organization. It is a political operation.”

“The Republican party is a Frankenstein monster of the religious right and the corporate right.”

“Hillary Clinton is the most misunderstood person in the world.”

“Benghazi was a political contrivance from the very beginning.”