When Republicans are in the majority, they govern like they are in the minority.
When Republicans are in the minority, the govern like they’ll never again become the majority party.
I've come to the conclusion that the Republican party is not for any of its stated platform planks — even if they were incompetent and had a drive for their stated planks they'd have more success than their plan of constant roll-over.
I made a brochure about it:
The Tao of Republican Orthodoxy
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