targeted by the KGB. That's all I can think of.

Just go with the flow, critical thought& analysis seems like a Dem thing.

absolutely

totally outlandish in the manner in which you do so no one will arrest or prosecute you. The only way a rethug ever goes to jail is if they just leave an absolute mountain of evidence to be used against them.

I agree, objectively nothing they want will bring about the results they want; it's completely nuts.

that find their way into your bank account?

and live a life devoid of anyone who isn't like you, than it would be very easy to be a pubbie.

If you get some kind of personal benefit from being a republican, yes. IE you're wealthy and would benefit from their pro-business and pro-wealth tax policies. Could also be if you own stock in a lot of fossil fuel companies and don't want a carbon cap or tax to cripple your investments. Maybe you're religious and actually believe abortion/gay marriage are evil. Or, maybe you're just racist and want to see them crack down on brown/black people. Possibly some combination of the above.

Fear. The more hardcore people seem to be in their hate and anger and et ceteras, the more irrationally terrified they seem to be.

Besides the interesting brain science that's been accumulated the last few years, we have decades of social science research showing that the more kinds of "different" people you know, and the better you know them, the less bigoted you're likely to be.

But yeah: I can't off hand think of anything the Republicans want that's not rooted in something negative.