Excellent editorial. The GOP of folks like Wendell Willkie, "Fightin' Bob" LaFollette, and even Dwight D. Eisenhower, was a respectable and relevant institution. "Tricky Dick" Nixon was probably a crook, but his policies were much further towards the "acceptable in Hawai'i" center than anyone in today's Republican leadership, either nationally or here in our state. The 21st century Republican Party of Hawai'i is a circular firing squad and to the extent that they tie their fortunes to the likes of Donald Trump, they will shortly be remembered in the same vein as the woolly mammoth, rather than the elephant. Of course, the Jurassic Park films are shot in Hawai'i - maybe they should try to get a part ("Scary but Extinct").