[stormhill]

...then the GOP deserves to be condemned to the ash heap of history.

OK, this precisely illustrates where you and I part company; show me where I'm wrong and I'll join you:

I believe it's not just the GOP on the ash heap, but the American Experiment.
Am I wrong?

[dfwgator]

Well the GOP has proven they are not the bastion of Conservatism, a new movement will rise up from its’ ashes.