"Normie Republican" = Common, buisness-owning Republican (COBOR). There weren't enough of these Chamber of Commerce, country-club folks to sustain political power, so they brought in the racist and religious radicals who shared their opposition to Great Society Democrats. That provided the opening for the media personalities to control t…
"Normie Republican" = Common, buisness-owning Republican (COBOR). There weren't enough of these Chamber of Commerce, country-club folks to sustain political power, so they brought in the racist and religious radicals who shared their opposition to Great Society Democrats. That provided the opening for the media personalities to control the agenda, as cultural crusades are easy to manipulate. Now the COBORs have no power. They do not control the agenda and are outnumbered by the racists and zealots. But they can't leave the Party (of the Old South) because the Democrats' agenda (as they believe it) is a clear and present danger to their wealth and lifestyle. So, as my radical-liberal Swiss instructor of American government in college noted, it's the elites who control the agenda - but not so much the economically elite, anymore.
"Normie Republican" = Common, buisness-owning Republican (COBOR). There weren't enough of these Chamber of Commerce, country-club folks to sustain political power, so they brought in the racist and religious radicals who shared their opposition to Great Society Democrats. That provided the opening for the media personalities to control the agenda, as cultural crusades are easy to manipulate. Now the COBORs have no power. They do not control the agenda and are outnumbered by the racists and zealots. But they can't leave the Party (of the Old South) because the Democrats' agenda (as they believe it) is a clear and present danger to their wealth and lifestyle. So, as my radical-liberal Swiss instructor of American government in college noted, it's the elites who control the agenda - but not so much the economically elite, anymore.