[Intolerant in NJ]

He once observed that Republicans are a party that likes to eat its own young - but I observed that he had a pretty voracious appetite for other Republicans himself.....

[a little elbow grease]

"He once observed that Republicans are a party that likes to eat its own young......"

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Yes. The first Simpson quote of my thread is somewhat similar:

“I watch Republicans, they give each other the saliva test of purity, and then they lose and they bitch for four years.”

— — On the need for a socially tolerant, big tent Republican Party, in a Feb. 2012 interview.