“Someone please tell me again why I should remain a republican.”
I stay a republican because I like to take a stand, dammit! I don’t want to be an “independent” or “unenrolled.”
I like the looks on the old lady’s faces at election time when they have to hand me a republican ballot.
Abraham Lincoln was a republican, Calvin Coolidge was a republican. Ronald Reagan was a republican. I like being associated with these people.
Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, John McCain, Lindsey Graham - I don't like being associated with these people.
Even if those kind of people were around (and I concede that there are a few--McDaniel comes to mind), they have little chance because the GOP establishment does not subscribe to their political philosophy. Tonight's developments prove that.