Me And Thee And I Have My Doubts About Thee.

       Let's see if I understand the Republican party. In 2008, they lost the Presidency to a strong Obama win. In 2010, they took back the house with a very strong assist from the Tea party. In 2012, they got whipped again by a strong Obama, lost some seats in both the House and Senate.
       Obama campaigned on taxing the rich, and inclusiveness. But the Republicans campaigned on excluding a bunch of demographic voters. They offended blacks, Hispanics, gays and lesbians, women, especially young single women, and managed to lose seats that never should have been in contention by fielding some of the strangest candidates I've ever seen.
       Who would think that women can shut down the fertilization process if, and only if, they were legitimately raped. I guess the woman must have to appear before a council of old white men and present her case in the hopes of having the rape be pronounced legitimate, or not.
       But since the election the Republicans have, variously, realized the mistakes they made or, blamed the whole thing of crooked Democrats or incompetent candidates. Now when they claim to have realized the mistakes they made and claim to have begun the process of correcting those mistakes, you have to feel good about that process.
       You have to feel good, that is, until you see them vote against a treaty that all our friends and allies and even our enemies agreed to. What was this dastardly piece of paper about? It requires other nations to treat disabled people as good as America treats its disabled. But has no power of enforcement. So now the Republicans have alienated disabled voters too.
       What other demographic groups are out there that these conservative elected officials can tee off on? Well, if I were you, I'd keep a low profile, because the Republicans don't look like they're finished alienating people yet.