I agree, and the worst part is I have been thinking along these lines: “Do what the left does, be outwardly moderate and inwardly committed” for a long time. I’m thinking, hell... do what the left does, just lie about it. After all, only a small percentage of people actually research what candidates do and say, so the impact of losing the few votes on intellectually honest voters is nil.
“so the impact of losing the few votes on intellectually honest voters is nil.”... on s/b of.
You've figured out the democrat's big secret jurroppi. But dems also make broad appeals to the least educated and vilest citizens - can we compete there? What appeal could be made to a 10th grade drop-out who's been in jail several times for violent robbery? Maybe we could offer him full disability - a monthly check for life - for having a bad temper? Oh wait, dems have already done that... It's a plan but many details have to be worked out...