Richard Haass quits GOP after 40 years

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18. Half of all humanity leans conservative. In nations with

representative government, they must have representation.

Continuing membership in and fighting from within America's only organized conservative party does not mean endorsement of the extremism and corruption that took it over. Your feeling sick can be quickly cured by putting yourself in the place of decent conservatives like Haas who were helpless to stop what was happening on the right in spite of all their efforts. Haas's public statements have always been proof that he does not.

Haas obviously thinks his efforts will now be better served by this denunciation, and you're right in one thing: it doesn't mark any change in his beliefs.