The Proof Centrism is DEAD -- who is burying "no difference btw Ds & Rs"

[DirkGently]

11. Thats an interesting observation.

Republicans, and conservatives in general, feel entitled to hyperbolize and take rash positions as a form of rhetorical warfare, but even their supporters "don't really mean it" a lot of the time.

Problem is, the Tea Party types and even some of their mainstreamers, are quite prepared to follow through on clearly irrational positions, like climate change denial or their central economic conceit that favors for the wealthy trickle down to everyone else.

So here we are. A party that preaches horrendous ideas, with the gleeful support of its followers, with the tacit assumption they don't really mean it, and a party that espouses largely better ideas, with the cynical understanding from its followers that they often don't really mean it.

This is why we can't have nice things.