Again: the two factions running our government are "Maximum Overt Cruelty" and "Frictionless Invisible Cruelty," which complicates things since the two major voting blocs are "Any And All Cruelty" and "No Cruelty."
Rob From Flailthroughs
The most offensive part is just how much the "Republicans have gotten so extreme and awful in the past few years" myth has permeated our culture.
In 1980, they were on the EXACT same lies.
Gas prices. Dead babies. Budget spending. The Troops.
Nothing has changed. We live in Reagan's America.