The Proof Is in the Prurience 0
University of Maine professor Robert Klose considers the current state of the Trumpling and draws two conclusions.
Second, the idea of an informed electorate being essential to democracy has been rendered quaint, and should be replaced by another axiom: an entertainment-needy nation finds gratification in what amounts to political pornography — the more wildly prurient, the better.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Afterthought:
I’m so old, I can remember when there were Republicans who were Americans first and Republicans secon–oh, never mind.