[nodding] He’s the Manchurian Candidate. He’s been brainwashed into being a communist plant in our government. It’s not really his fault, and he should be retired, but the vote counters in Arizona keep electing him.
Heh, well I definitely agree that he should retire, but I don’t know if he’s been brainwashed. If he has, I’m curious as to by whom he’s been brainwashed by. And when. He was loving up on Teddy during the 2000 election, IIRC.
He may have always been a progressive, but because he says the right things in a handful of areas, he can blend in better with constitutionalists.
Because progressivism seeks ultimate power via centralized planning, it’s a very seductive ideology.