Why the Republican Party is falling apart

It is now the party of bunglers

"A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we do evil, that good may come of it...To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics..."

— William Penn, founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Why is the modern Republican Party falling apart? Because, like a moth-eaten pair of pants, it is shot clear through with moral compromise. And now, the revolting nakedness of Republicans is on full display for the whole world to see.

"If a government has no moral scruples, it often seems to gain great advantages and liberties of action, but 'all comes out even at the end of the day, and all will come out yet more even when all the days are ended.'"

-- Winston Churchill, The Gathering Storm

While this is absolutely true of nations, it is also true of individuals and political parties.

Churchill wrote these wise words in his great history of World War II, specifically in reference to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact, which, via its secret protocols, enslaved the Baltic States and carved Poland into bloody pieces.

For a very short space of time, it looked like both Stalin and Hitler were sitting on top of the world.

But, within a few short months, Stalin paid dearly for this most cynical and cold-blooded of all agreements between nations. More than twenty million Russians were to perish in the holocaust which ensued when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union.

Ultimately, Hitler paid for it too, with everything, including his own life. Germany was crushed in a vice from East and West, and was left in total ruin, occupied for decades by its enemies.

But, the greatest irony of all was to wait half a century, when the Baltic States used the illegality of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact as the basis for its own bid for liberty from the Soviet Union, a successful bid that ended ultimately with the breakup of that evil empire, and with the Baltic states in NATO.

Always, the only wise course for men, or for nations, is to do the right thing, no matter how things might look, and to leave the results to God.

Because, no matter how things may appear, the Almighty remains completely in control. And though His wheels of justice may grind slowly, they “grind exceedingly fine,” as the saying goes.

“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men...”

-- Daniel 4:17

The Republicans who think they have gained something by sacrificing every principle on the altar of Trump are only fooling themselves. They’re bunglers of the highest order, no matter how any particular election may or may not turn out in the short run. They’re not fooling God. And they will pay the price for their moral compromise. Because, God made this world according to the unchanging principle that we reap what we sow, no matter who we think we are.