05-23-2016, 09:19 AM
What happened to the Democratic Party in 1972 (or at least it was finalized in 1972) with the victory of George McGovern in its primary, has now happened to the Republican Party in 2016 with the victory of Donald Trump in its primary: One set of positions - Darwinian economics and moral judgmentalism - is out, and a new set of positions - nationalism and "Fortress America" isolationism - is in.
Of course the similarity may very well end in November, when Trump might actually win.
Of course the similarity may very well end in November, when Trump might actually win.
"These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation" - Justice David Brewer, Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 1892
