I no longer care.
I do not see a way for the American people to change the direction of our politics or our economy by electing Republicans; the national party establishment is about to impose its will on the outcome of the nominating process before a single delegate is selected, and the two front-runners for the nomination at this time are both Beltway insiders with too much allegiance to The Way Things Are and not enough to how things are supposed to be.
It took 150 years but the GOP is finally following the trajectory of its predecessor, the Whig Party.
Here in Georgia the only way to be a Republican “in name” is to pay annual dues to the local party organization, which I haven’t done in years—so it’s not as if I have a membership card to burn in protest. Instead, I will say this:
The lesser of two intolerables is still intolerable. Losing more slowly is still losing. Bribing the tiger to eat you last still gets you eaten. And a vote for a big government Republican is still a vote for big government.
I say it’s spinach and I say the hell with it.
