Yes, of course--the Republican Party is made up of inanimate objects which by nature cannot sell out. Well, that explains a lot. Gee, I get so much smarter every time you post.
Sigh....
No, you keep getting things exactly backwards.
EXAMPLES OF INANIMATE OBJECTS OR CONCEPTS:
1) An automobile
2) A ventriloquist dummy
3) A brand name (Coca-Cola, Pepsi)
4) A club charter or party charter (The Acme Club, the Green Party)
EXAMPLES OF BEINGS THAT CAN RATIONALLY THINK:
1) An automobile driver
2) A ventriloquist
3) The CEO of Coca-Cola and the CEO of Pepsi
4) The MEMBERS of the Acme Club and the Green Party
The way things are in American politics, the overwhelming majority of voters vote "brand names". It is either "Democrat" or "Republican".
If you put a chimpanzee with a (D) after its name and a dog with an (R) after its name in a long ballot running for "District 2 Commissioner", each one will automatically get over 30% of the vote and will probably get more votes than the human being with any other "brand X" party label after his name.
You can put dog piss mixed with sugar, caramel food coloring and CO2 gas in a Coca-Cola or Pepsi bottle and millions of people will buy it.
That is the power of a "brand name".
The way you win Presidential elections is:
1) Convince enough voters to think like you do.
2) Get them all under the same well know "brand name" party label
3) Get more combined votes than the other "brand name" party label
The way you lose elections is:
1) Convince enough voters to think like you do.
2) Get them all under the same "brand X" party label
3) Lose to the chimpanzee with a (D) after its name or the dog with an (R) after its name
As I wrote before:
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Political parties are not living beings. They are inanimate organizations just like rental cars are inanimate objects. Like rental cars, the way they behave depends on who is in the driver's seat and that can change in one day. ... If you don't like "the GOP", then don't whine that you are going to abandon the GOP car so that you can ride a third party tricycle and become political roadkill. If you don't like the way the "the GOP" car is being driven, then fight to get in the driver's seat.
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Some people were just born without the sarcasm gene, I guess.