Andrew Sullivan's take on today's Repub party - they are anachists not conservatives

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Worth the read, no matter what you think of Sully

America's Cold Civil War

22 Jul 2011 08:14 PM
America's Cold Civil War

The Republican refusal to countenance any way to raise revenues to tackle the massive debt incurred largely on their watch and from a recession which started under Obama's predecessor makes one thing clear. They are not a political party in government; they are a radical faction that refuses to participate meaningfully in the give and take the Founders firmly believed should be at the center of American government. They are not conservatives in this sense. They are anarchists.

Their fiscal anarchism has now led to their threat to destabilize and possibly upend the American and global economy because they refuse to compromise an inch. They control only one part of the government, and yet they hold all of it hostage.

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http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/07/americas-cold-civil-war.html