Where I live, abortion and gay rights will never die as an issue for the Rs. A democratic governor asked our local well-liked, well-respected Republican delegate to become a member of his cabinet, and the guy was immediately blackballed from the party because he was a turncoat. He wanted to cooperate, of all things.
The Republican party, as it is now, is doomed to die a slow and un-self-aware death. At this time, it’s not enough to believe one way on one single issue; you have to believe the same way as everyone else on every single issue, or you don’t belong. This will lead to increasing exclusivity, which will dilute voting strength.
There is one other possibility, and that is that the Tea Party people and religious-right people leave the Republican party to form their own. If that were the case, and only Moderate Republicans were left (they could come out of hiding), I think we’d be surprised at how many Democrats the party could siphon off.
I think we’ll get to that fork in the road soon enough.
The common word in this toon is ‘afraid’ aka fear.Like fear women, fear minorities, fear immigrants, fear gays, fear change. The GOP turned into a party of paranoids
Odon Premium Member over 11 years ago
So true
charliekane over 11 years ago
;^P
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
They make me think of the “gang banger” who carries his pistol in his belt, in front, and keeps pulling the trigger before he pulls the gun out.
Motivemagus over 11 years ago
They got exactly the result they deserved.
I Play One On TV over 11 years ago
Where I live, abortion and gay rights will never die as an issue for the Rs. A democratic governor asked our local well-liked, well-respected Republican delegate to become a member of his cabinet, and the guy was immediately blackballed from the party because he was a turncoat. He wanted to cooperate, of all things.
The Republican party, as it is now, is doomed to die a slow and un-self-aware death. At this time, it’s not enough to believe one way on one single issue; you have to believe the same way as everyone else on every single issue, or you don’t belong. This will lead to increasing exclusivity, which will dilute voting strength.
There is one other possibility, and that is that the Tea Party people and religious-right people leave the Republican party to form their own. If that were the case, and only Moderate Republicans were left (they could come out of hiding), I think we’d be surprised at how many Democrats the party could siphon off.
I think we’ll get to that fork in the road soon enough.
DenverMosaic over 11 years ago
The common word in this toon is ‘afraid’ aka fear.Like fear women, fear minorities, fear immigrants, fear gays, fear change. The GOP turned into a party of paranoids