It was dead and buried when it became the Corporate Lobbyist Party sometime in the late 90s after they got control of Congress.
They then gave lip service to core issues.
This coincided with the Bush wing globalists and neocons taking over
That's the crux of it. I can declare myself a Christian until I'm blue in the face, but if at the same time I'm breaking every commandment in the book and then some, I'm no Christian.
It was dead and buried when it became the Corporate Lobbyist Party sometime in the late 90s after they got control of Congress.
They then gave lip service to core issues.
This coincided with the Bush wing globalists and neocons taking over
Agree. The GOP has been lying to the GOP base for 30 years and conspiring behind our backs to defeat the very agenda they were elected to support. Note Democrat pet projects like NPR and Planned Infanticide were always fully funded by the GOP.