Wow - good point!
It was kind of snarky, but to me anyways, the word Republican means nothing. It doesn’t tell me anything. As a brand, it’s junk. Kind of like I see trash, cheap, low price cameras on E-Bay that say “Bell and Howell”. I kind of have vague memories of film strip and Super-8 cameras by Bell and Howell, but that was decades ago.
I get the feeling with both parties that they are an identity scam. Kind of like how GM would have the same car come off the same assembly line and just badge it different.
Same with Ford/Mercury.