I don't know if it's as much street-wisdom as an unabashed willingness to lie. Repubs tend to find lying distasteful. Dems not so much.
Repubs tend to find lying distasteful.
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OMG.... You’re kidding; right? Apparently you’ve never heard of some Republicans named John Boehner, John McCain, Eric Cantor, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell and hundreds of others in D.C.