re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They failed to understand that by not repudiating these people and giving them an active platform, they were initiating an attention-grabbing race to the bottom of the basket.

The entire party is damaged if no one is willing to confront the racism and sexism that exists at all levels for fear of losing votes. Those kind of votes the Republicans do not need, for a variety of reasons. They need votes from segments of the population that are growing in size: Hispanic people, African-Americans, immigrants, women, young people. Instead, they’re chasing votes from the very bottom of the moral ladder, which only alienate the more important groups.

But, as they have proved since before the Reagan years, the Republicans don’t care about who is voting for them or why. They care only for the immediate numbers, so matter what kind.