Today Not Even Partly The Party of Yesterday

[peristaltor]

Bill Sheehan has a great observation of today's Republican party, taken from a source even the Grand Old Partiers might very well renounce in the coming election, The 2012 Republican Party Platform. As Bill pointed out, the platform itself reads (on p. 29), "The Pacific territories should have flexibility to determine the minimum wage, which has

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[ddstory]

You've gotta share this on t_p!

[peristaltor]

Alright, fine.

[ddstory]

Thumbs up!

[l33tminion]

I had only energy to skim that platform today, but there's plenty to notice in that platform: From explicit opposition to electoral reform, to fire-sales for Amtrak and the post office, constitutional amendments all over the place, a real doubling down on the "no taxes ever", an anti-poverty proposal that amounts to "get rid of all those programs for poor people", "protecting internet freedom" in one part of the platform but "making the internet family-friendly" in another...

Looking forward to your analysis.

[peristaltor]

The Post Office thing is especially galling. The Platform contains outright lies.