Remember when Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) had his moment in the sun, a sudden onset of truth-telling and gumption? It was after popular vote loser Donald Trump lashed out at him in tweets because of Corker's waffling on the tax bill, calling him "Liddle' Bob Corker."
Well, that didn't last long. Like all Republicans, he might squeak up every now and then at the destruction Trump is wreaking on the nation, but his opposition will never be sustained. Even now that he's decided to retire and leave politics, he won't put country before party. Watch him, over the course of a day, waffle over his support of Trump in this Washington Post profile. Here's the long story of how he answered—and then withdrew his answer—and then strung the reporter along following the simple question: "If the election were held today, would you vote for Donald Trump?"
"If the election were held today between the same two candidates," he offered, "I would."
He reconsidered.
"Why don't you say, 'probably,' " he said, running his hand through a tuft of white hair and bouncing a shiny black shoe under the table. "Between the same two candidates, 'probably.' " […]
Corker excused himself to the restroom. He returned a few minutes later in doubt.
"I want to think about that answer," he said. "It's a pretty defining thing." […]
Boy, hard question, there. If you are Bob Corker and have no fixed principles. But he wanted to reporter to know he was really serious about thinking about the question, a thinking journey that went on for another three days.
After leaving the coffee shop, Corker continued to mull his hypothetical vote.
"I really want to think about that last answer," Corker said climbing into an SUV on his way to an event with the local chamber of commerce. "I think it's an unfair question for a reporter to ask. . . . That might be my answer." […]
"I'm still thinking about that answer," Corker said, unprompted, as he arrived at the campus of Covenant College, just over the Georgia border. "You're going to give me a break, I know." […]
"Before you print can we talk about it?" Corker asked leaving Covenant College, his last stop of the week-long tour. "I want to think about it. Because it's actually a serious question. I wish I had said I don't respond to conjecture, but now you've got me stuck."
Four days later, Corker called with his final answer.
"I just don't have any desire to make news," he said. "So I'll leave it at that."
Clearly. Had he any desire to make news, or a spine, he'd do something to save his country.