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vivster said:

People who leave the party now have absolutely no place in politics and should be denounced by any other party they want to join.. It means they have no standards or convictions they follow. The GOP is literally no different than it was 10 years ago, yet then those people were fine with it. At least Ted and Mitch stick with their asshole convictions.

I disagree with this quite a bit.  Maybe the far right was the same, but our politics have become more polarized. 10 years ago, there was a pretty strong center wing of the Republican Party.   Remember, these political parties are supposed to be big tent parties, supporting a bunch of varied, but roughly aligned ideals.  That center has been pretty much demolished  by the tea party and trump.  There are still a few republicans that represent that center/moderate stance like murkowski, Collins, and Romney.  Flipping from representing the center in one party to representing the center in another party shouldn’t be that big of a deal.  The only reason to do so would be if ones political party gets so radicalized that the center is no longer supported... which is increasingly the case with republicans.  Flipping parties doesn’t mean they don’t have ideals, it just means they believe in compromise and focus on the middle ground.  Compromise is not a bad thing, we need to stop punishing politicians for doing it.  It’s pretty much the core problem with politics...