The base sounds off on the GOP clown car

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2. That was the one advantage of growing up in Mi'ssippi: I saw today's GOP coming 30 years ago

It was easy to see that was direction the whole party would take - because that's where the passion (i.e. hatred) was.

It was only a matter of time until Big Business realized they could harness all that - their disdain for Southerners notwithstanding.

That said, there were exceptions - but they mostly kept quiet, out of fear they'd suddenly lose their job or business and "nobody knows why."