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Originally posted by sgtclub
But what has been their influence? Seriously, there is a lot of lip service paid, but I don't really see them having much effect. Abortion is legal. The proposed consitutional amendment is a pipe dream. The 10 commandments were removed.
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That you make this observation on the occasion of Reagan's passing is interesting. Back in the day, I think that people who Borked Bork were worried that more than lip service was paid to (for example) those GOP-advanced views on abortion, and the probabilities that their goals were in reach.
In any event, I take comfort in your assurances, and bilmore's, that scary as those crackpots in both my father's GOP and today's version may be, the smiling face of Tom DeLay is really that of (say) Fred, the harmless and somewhat dotty carnival barker. He might be out front, but really all he does is smile and accept tickets for admission. He can't really affect what happens inside the tent, of course.
Those silly crackpots! What'll they think of next?
