CNN’s John Berman Name-Checks Thucydides to Explain GOP’s Supreme Court Strategy: ‘The Strong Do As They Will’
CNN anchor John Berman made an ancient historical reference on Thursday’s “New Day,” saying the Republican Supreme Court strategy over the years had been nothing short of Thucydidean, the Athenian historian and general. “A glaring political lesson as true today as it was 2,500 years ago when the Greek historian Thucydides first wrote it,” said Berman as dramatic background music played behind him. “The strong do as they will, and the weak suffer as they must.” He immediately repeated the line from... Читать дальше...