Close To Death, Former Nebraska Senator, Ben Sasse, Is Interviewed By "60 Minutes"

 

Dear F,

Thanks for sending the  "60 Minutes" interview with Ben Sasse. 

I've always seen Sasse as an okay outlier in the Republican Party.

But anybody -- particularly "conservative" "Christians" -- who does not shout from the parapets that "there is a categorical, qualitative difference between rational people and Trump's gang of mobsters" fails, in any meaningful way, to champion the centrality of Truth.

I realize that The Lizard People are children of God.

And, I believe none of them ("at the end of the day") are "going to hell."

Compendium Of Christianity Posts: Why "Conservative" "Christians" Are All Going To Hell (If There Is A Hell...Which I Don't Believe)

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2023/10/coompendium-of-christianity-posts-why.html

But! 

I think it is categorically wrong to cut these folks ANY political slack.

It is they -- and HUGELY disproportionately "they" -- who are ALWAYS at the forefront, chanting "We're #1" and "America First!' whenever -- and yet again! -- deluded (and/or, evil) old men send young men off on stupid, swashbuckling, murderous missions.

Einstein was right when he observed that "Nationalism is a childhood disease of humankind."

And James Talarico is right in his "Sermon Against Christian Nationalism."

Short form of Rev. James Talarico's Sermon Against Christian Nationalism

Https://x.com/Alex_Verveek/status/1820775522307056100

Long Form of Rev. Talarico's Sermon Against Christian Nationalism As A Betrayal Of Jesus of Nazareth

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2025/08/james-talaricos-sermon-against.html

These are the same people who enable -- in fact, DEMAND -- an educational system that keeps "the young bucks" stupid enough to welcome the murderousness that the murderers normalize.

Republican Vision Of A Reading List That's Acceptable For Public Instruction (And "A Failsafe Way To Restore Integrity And Vigor To America's Sick Body Politic: Two Years Of American History - Taught Dialectically - As A Prerequisite For High School Graduation")

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-most-direct-way-to-restore.html

(This post references Ben Sasse.)

Plato And The Foundational Role Of Music In Education: We've Got A Lot Of Catching Up To Do With The 6th Century B.C.

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2025/10/plato-and-central-role-of-music-in.html

At minimum, why doesn't Sasse say?

"Look at Popes Francis and Leo. And then look at the grotesquerie of Donald Trump and his mafia of murderous, democracy-killing thugs."

Just point it out.

He doesn't even have to take a side.

Just point it out.

Not rocket science...

Love

A

PS I'm copying friend Whitney, who is a Ben Sasse fan.

On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM Frances Vito <fvitobd@gmail.com> wrote:

(Ben Sasse, who is) on the clock with pancreatic cancer just gave a wonderful interview on 60 Minutes with an extension on you tube.

He's 52 and a Calvinist who seems to be liberated to tell the truth by his diagnosis and limited time. Very enlightening and thoughtful piece.

Check it out.

Love

F