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Default Arlen Specter to switch political parties

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:20:00 -0400, HK wrote:


What the GOP is doing now reminds me of Mao's Cultural Revolution in
China, devised to "purge" the country and the party of those whose
thoughts were not steeped in doctrine. The difference, of course, is
that the Republicans are out of power and all they are doing is
diminishing their numbers.


Purge is a good name for it. The few moderates left make easy targets
for the "true believers", but when the politically conservatives and the
religious conservatives that define the Republican base start targeting
each other, it's going to get truly ugly. I don't get it. To me, it's
guaranteed self-destruct.

Well, so long as the GOP insists on moving further to the right, my only
wish for the party is further humiliation.