Santa Claus? No, wait, that’s not it. Hmmm…
I am not going to delete this thread–it should serve as an abject lesson in how not to construct a discussion.
However, it is clearly well off the rails with far too many posters wanting to simply take shots at the OP. It has no hope of turning into a serious discussion. Therefore, I am going to close it.
Asking why any particular group tends to follow a particular path in American politics should not raise quite so many hackles. Making sweeping generalizations about any group–then making highly visible errors, (e.g., Krauthammer and Murdoch)–will never have a satisfactory conclusion.
The underlying question of the OP may be posted again, although I would strongly suggest that the question be posed in a more neutral manner.
Closed.
[ /Moderating ]