JWeinCom on 26 February 2016
Because McCain was hopelessly outmatched, the party thought they could boost their appeal by putting someone far more extreme than him on the ticket. Then, people saw that Sarah Palin was actually much more popular than McCain, and they started going down that road.
It has come to the point now where endorsing things that even Reagan and Bush supported (seven day waiting periods on guns, ban of high capacity magazines, background checks on guns, amnesty for illegal immigrants) will now disqualify any potential presidential candidate.
Basically, the republican party stuck their dick in crazy. And now they have herpes.
