The Republican Party Is Over | Robert Reich
The Republican Party Is Over | Robert Reich
Robert Reich articulated something that has been bouncing around my head since 2016
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It ended with the tea party bullshit
"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them."
—Barry Goldwater, Conservative Republican, 1981
This was the sack of shit who successfully dealt with segregationists and brought them fully into the Republican party with his Presidential campaign in 1964, so I'm sure he did try with the preachers too
These days he'd be called a RINO and thrown out of the party.