GOP Civil War: Three Kinds of Republicans

By: American Decency Staff

Reading from the Wall Street Journal, John McCain famously referred to Tea Party supporters as hobbits. I’m not sure that a troll calling me a hobbit is an insult, but to build from the metaphor, it took a union of elves, dwarves, and men to slay the dragon and stay the war. I’ll leave it to the reader to sort out just who is who.

I must begin with an admission: I am a proud Republican. I wasn’t always able to say that and in the chance that you may stop reading at this point, allow me to qualify that statement by first saying that John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner are a constant source of agitation. My feelings toward them verge on loathing. Now let me draw out the distinction.

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