Federal Court Strikes Down "Unconstitutional" Gerrymandering in North Carolina

[Bob Schroeck]

You have to admit that on the average, the Republican Party over the last decade or two has -- whether they wanted to or not -- given the broad impression that they're willing to do or say anything to stay in power in the face of changing demographics that threaten to deprive them of it. If you want to look like you're not underhanded, you don't do things like, say, pass laws to disenfranchise large swathes of the population known to vote for your opposition and then report gloatingly about your success at doing so (North Carolina, 2016). The current Republican penchant for seizing on any half-baked conspiracy theory handy to smear a government agency which isn't turning out results to match the party line is another good example. Simple rule, people. If you don't want to look like villains, don't do and say things that make you look like villains. There are moments when I swear that the modern Republican Party has a copy of the Evil Overlord List and is using it as a guideline for day-to-day operations.