We're being PROPELLED to the right, regardless of either the public good or the public will, by perverse social-engineering campaigns funded and directed by corporate plutocrats.

that the social issues (gay marriage, abortion etc) are distractions to keep the masses occupied. Like arguing about curtain color while the house is burning.
"Sure we are about to make financial decisions that will affect everybody and their children' children, but how about you distract yourself with the issue of government funded contraception"

In effect, the Republicans have taken over the Democratic Party.

It's been a great success for them - even many DUers think Obama is a liberal,
when he's actually a moderate conservative.

"Obama: I Would Be Considered Moderate Republican In 1980s - ABC News"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101793318

"Noam Chomsky: Obama Would Have Been Called a ‘Moderate Republican’ in Recent Decades"
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/noam-chomsky-obama-would-have-been-called-moderate-republican-recent-decades

And in politics it always bears a sharp edge. Those on the right who have resisted its movement from a momentray far right position back toward the center have chosen to over-reach, grab the pendulum in motion, and attempt to arrest its progress -- typically getting cut up in the process (and wondering why).

babington's reagan generation is DYING. VOODOO is dying. grover norquist must be exiled as a traitor.