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« on: April 20, 2013, 07:38:50 PM » |
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It's ironic that after being successful in the '70s, '80s and '90s in large states like New York and Illinois by being the party of law and order, the GOP has more or less ceded this territory to the Democrats.
50 years ago, the idea that Democrats would be calling for background checks and keeping guns away from criminals and Republicans would be whining about assaults on civil liberties would be almost absurd.
Of course, in that time the GOP has gone from being a party that wants small, efficient government to being a party that doesn't trust the government at all, even to do things to protect public safety.
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