Democrats did this decades ago. JFK could not be nominated today. The Henry Wallace wing of the party runs the party now.
Precisely. Democrats burn their conservative members at the stake. When Republicans dare to define themselves they are Robespierre.
(The French Revolution ironically was a failed revolution: Liberté, Egalité, and Fraternité quickly descended to the towering figure of Robespierre and his Reign of Terror as the revolution spun out control and began to murder itself.) - rigeib.com