Tim, there is an inconsistency there that they are not seeing, or admitting. IMO, some people have voted Democratic for so long that it's like they are stuck in a rut that they are unwilling to remove themselves from. They are so used to defending the Democratic platforms, they can't imagine doing anything else.
The Democratic party is not what it was in our grandparents' day. It has devolved to the extent that it is unrecognizable to some of us, but yet some remain staunchly loyal to it. I liken it to a mother who continues to love AND SUPPORT her child who has gone "AWOL" and now lives in a way totally alien to how it was raised.
But, loving what used to be is a terrible excuse for owning up to the reality that your child has gone bad, and it needs to be accepted as the bad seed it has become. The Democratic party has devolved into a bad seed. What it's "parents" have done is make excuses for it, to the point that it is now ridiculous to the sane.
Patriots can only hope and pray that, given enough rope, it will hang itself.
