This IS the GOP; this isn’t some aberration. Even when they don’t play quite this dirty, they’re only holding back because they might lose a few centrist votes.
The GOP should be renamed the “Slimeball Party.” I hereby make it so.
Moderator’s Note: Well, if you want to Pit the GOP, you need to be in the BBQ Pit, not Great Debates. (Although there’s already been at least one Pit thread on this topic.)
You know, the perception of the Republican Party outside of the U.S. (based, admittedly, on my circle of friends and associates, and blowhards I meet in bars) is that they are the most morally bankrupt group of people around. We have trouble understanding how the hell they can be getting anywhere near 50% of the vote.
(of course, now someone will come along and use my post to justify why you should vote GOP, because Americans shouldn’t give a shit what the rest of the world thinks)