How the GOP Became a Death Cult

[nadinbrzezinski]

Does anyone still remember the GOP of the chowder and marching society, Jell-O salads, Buicks, and cloth coats? Is it conceivable that a Republican could have written the following? —
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."

That was President Eisenhower, writing to his brother Edgar in 1954.

But the Republican Party of 2011 is not your grandfather's GOP, not by a long shot. To be sure, the party always had its share of crackpots, like Robert K. Dornan or William E. Dannemeyer. But the crackpot outliers of two decades ago have become the vital center today: Steve King! Michele Bachman (now a leading presidential candidate as well)! Paul Broun! Patrick McHenry! Virginia Foxx! Louie Gohmert! The Congressional Directory now reads like a casebook of lunacy.

http://chuckspinney.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-gop-became-death-cult.html

Good read... one word comes to mind.

[malaise]

1. K & R

The party of batshit crazy ReTHUGS :evilgrin:

[tridim]

2. I think Limbaugh had a lot to do with it.

He normalized asshole-ness and party insanity.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Those who refuse to learn from history ...

see Father Coughlin

[RagAss]

3. You sick? Fuck you...die ! That's our future, my friends.

[ladjf]

5. It might relate to over population and the fears of assumed

deprivation. Their base feeling might well be that there are too many people to worry about. "Might as well let a lot of them die out."

[ladjf]

6. We would have adequate resources to support all the people in

the World if the top 1% weren't stealing and hoarding for themselves for neurotic reasons that they themselves are even aware of.