Anyone remember Magdalene laundries?

[CBHagman]

6. They will stop short of that, but not by much.

Consider where the 2012 version of the GOP stands:

1. They're in the process of approving a very strict anti-abortion plank to their platform -- constitutional amendment banning abortion even in cases of rape or incest.
2. They support employers who do not want health care plans to cover contraception.
3. They scorn federal government programs (except, for some reason, those with the Defense Department) and favor private charity, particularly faith-based.
4. Their favored radio talk show host (with a history of substance abuse himself) repeatedly vilified a law student who spoke in favor of the Affordable Care Act's contraception provisions.

I keep saying they want to take us back to 1973 Ireland, or Gilded Age America.