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In reply to the discussion: Hillary's electability is largely political myth at this point [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)In 92 the Republicans held their convention in Houston and ran an extremist platform of making homosexuality illegal and banning abortion. Moderate Republicans were booed off the stage. As a result, there were lifelong Republicans who wanted to send a message to their party to knock off the shit. They voted for Clinton. This is part of why the GOP was in such a panic and went overboard in demonizing Clinton. It was to win their own voters back.
Now we are seeing the GOP claiming they need to go hard right again to win. They really have a problem in their party of believing their own propaganda. The #1 thing they absolutely believe is their own claim that "America is a Center/Right country". It's NOT. America is actually a very Liberal country. The Right in this country USED TO KNOW THAT which is why they spent millions on Right Wing Think Tanks. They were supposed to craft language to SELL unpopular ideas to the public.