You can't squash "the Left", since many are our own family, friends & neighbors, how would you "squash" them?
Remember this: Democrats were not always raving insane.
If you go back to, let's say, Presidents Truman or Kennedy, both pretty sensible men, both today might feel more comfortable amongst Republicans than their own party's lunatics.
Where did such Democrats go?
Most are now Republicans, but just suppose the Left's tiny minority of lunatic fringe were somehow "squashed".
Would that not make remaining Democrats more attractive to today's Reagan & Trump Democrats?
In other words, without their lunatic Left, Democrats would go back to being what they were before... to put a fine point on it -- before the summer of 1964.
Or, to put an even finer point on it -- before November 22, 1963.
In other words, the Lunatic Left drives many good citizens to the Republican party, citizens who might otherwise be attracted to candidates like Democrats used to field.
So be very careful what you wish for, you might not like the results.
wardaddy: "Our war would make Rwanda and Biafra and Zanzibar and the Congo look like a skirmish"
Nooooooo… just look at the map in my post #211 above.
Now just as a thought experiment, imagine taking the "blue" side and attempting to defend their strongholds.
That's why there's never going to be another Civil War, at least nothing like what the US & other countries (i.e., England) saw in centuries past.
Exactly my point dumbass,
Nobody om our side has the stomach for it
Look at history. You win by braking the other side especialy in civil conflict
That’s funny
You just proffered in that post what we’ve said for two decades here that most south bashers like you always deny
And I mean always
You failed to catch yourself
I betcha pelham sees it
The People want closed borders and nationalized hospitals, physician, nursing, and pharmacy services.
Right now, neither party will give them what they want, so the country is oscillating around 50:50.
By providing better border security, with a promise of more to come, Trump has gotten the “border first” faction to calm down a bit, and as the predation of Big Pharma + Health “Insurance” grows, the people for whom that is #1 are raised to a fever pitch.
A party that will close the borders and create a national health system will rule for 100 years.
Right now, that party does not exist. Stay tuned.