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Originally Posted by Squabble
i'm not a democrat.
my point is that behind the democrats you DO find crazy leftist hippies and behind the republicans you DO find crazy conservative wing nuts. it just seems to be the trend for republicans to court that right wing base, rather than quietly tolerate them while they court those of us in the center. when one sides argument is solely "he's a marxist and a muslim" and those of us with half a brain know this to not be true, there isn't much of a debate or discussion left. it's depressing and annoying to me because i'd vote for an intelligent republican that actually had some good ideas and would actually keep me in mind when writing and/or signing legislation. instead they're falling all over each other to sling insults about birth certificates. i don't have time in my life to get into that bat ***** thought process.
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The post-Reagan republican party seems to have lost it's way. Somehow they allowed themselves to be hijacked by crazies, now they can't get rid of them. They will recover when someone with actual leadership ability comes along and gives them a purpose again. It will take a while for them to weed out the nut jobs and get back to their core message, but it will probably happen within 10 years (or sooner if the democrats really screw up somehow).