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EPR-radar5/23/2017 12:33:32 pm PDT

re: #184 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus

The unchanging core of the GOP is tax cuts for the rich. Everything else is secondary to getting tax cuts for the rich.

In practice, this has resulted in the GOP becoming an accretion of every kind of resentful crank in US politics. First it was the racists who were resentful about civil rights legislation. A second wave of religious bigots and racists got their start with the GOP over school desegregation, and eventually became the forced birthers. This multi-decade process has led to the extinction of moderate Republicans in elected office.

The GOP no longer bothers making a rational case for its positions because it doesn’t have to. The GOP base has been thoroughly programmed by hate radio and Fox News, and will vote GOP no matter what. Well-paid both-siderists in the mainstream media give the GOP legitimacy it doesn’t come close to deserving.