Had we not purged some of the better fighters of the party we wouldn’t be on the brink of a fascist takeover.
And people wonder why our party is leaderless right now. I mean, why not scratch some names off of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution while we’re at it? A lot of those men had some pretty serious flaws as well.
Not only that, but this reinforces the perception that the GOP is populated by a bunch of holier-than-thou busybodies. It’s this perception, fair or not, that turns off a whole lot of Americans who otherwise support most of the Republican platform. I guess we’d prefer to be a pure minority than actually do anything for our country.