Reply #44: oh yes they did. they were going after Clinton in 1991.

[Gabi Hayes]

you can check it out.

and Gingrich and his acolytes had a set of audiotapes they'd exchange with others to get all the young fascists on the same page in the late 80s, early 90s, setting things up to destroy the democratic party. they contained lessons for all these pukes to learn, to march in gooselockstep. there was a lengthy article about this aspect of the rise of the far right in the New Yorker back in the 90s, but I don't know if it's available online. I have the issue somewhere, but it's more than ten years old. they knew what they were doing. they were also insanely vindictive, attracting LOTS of maniacs to do their bidding, but the leadership knew what they were doing.

I didn't think this up on my own

I read about it elsewhere, and I'm sure it won't be that hard to find.