Radicals took over the Michigan GOP. Now they can’t stop losing. ( www.motherjones.com )

SlowNPC , 10 months ago

Once upon a time, Republican leadership were smart but evil people who fed lies to their base but understood that they were lying. Since they weren't actually delusional, they could choose the most politically useful lies and abandon the ones that didn't poll well.

Enough people believed their lies that the new generation of Republicans are True Believers. They've lost the ability to tailor their message to the political climate because it's no longer seen as just a bunch of crap to please the base, but TRUTH. Except that it's not actually true, so their policies fail.

This is the inevitable result of governing through falsehood. Objective reality can not be gaslit, and abandoning it never works out well long-term.

gowan , 10 months ago

Once upon a time the GOP believed in things. Go look at Bob Dole’s 1996 platform for his campaign and you will see they believed in something. Now they are purely reactionary.

captainlezbian , 10 months ago

Once some of them did. But Nixon didn’t believe in Jack shit. Nixon would’ve ran as a fucking communist if it was what was best for his chances. Same for Reagan. Then you’ve got Goldwater who believed in things, just not good things.

gowan , 10 months ago

Nixon and Reagan did in fact have well thought out platforms and some was reasonable. It’s after 2008 that they gave up in believing in things.