“The article misses the point - at least for me.
Establishment republicans jettisoned their principles to run what was essentially a democrat pretending to be a republican.”
I don’t even consider them at this point. They are merely the Menshevik also-rans to the Bolshevik victors.
Except as a continuing drain for conservative and libertarian money, votes, and enthusiasm, the Geriatric Old Plotters are irrelevant.
We need a second party.
“We need a second party.”
...or integrity within the republican party. They ALL claim to be conservative, but most are just filthy liars who just want our $$. There are exceptions worthy of individual support, however, but they seem an ever-dwindling number.
The irony is that our economics WORK and the ball-less wonders on our “side” conceed the point up front. Even when republicans have power, government still grows.
“There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.”
—Margaret Thatcher