'He will forgive the crook...but he will not forgive the people who made him feel dumb'

[Hortensis]

17. :) True, but it's a return to what most had always been saying before

the right went extremist and they tried to retain influence by employing extremist tropes to keep at least relative moderation in the conversation. Didn't work.

There always has been a great deal of overlap between liberal and moderate conservative views in western society. Well before the last century "traditional" conservatism already deeply absorbed a great deal of what had once been considered new liberal ideas, beginning with outrageous ideas about individual rights and equality of all men, a natural evolution in a changing world.

And what do "Keep your damned gummint hands off my Social Security" and tRump's campaign promise to provide a national healthcare system cheaper and better than the ACA signify except deep RW commitment to the progressivism in government that hard-core conservative leaders always passionately opposed?

"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.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower, avowed progressive conservative

We're in the "should" part of Eisenhower's prediction right now, of course.