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ed_shaw 2 points ago +2 / -0

Stand corrected. Thank you. That even makes it worse, you know? The principle probably goes for most of the states of the eastern seaboard. New Jersey has Christie. Connecticut had Prescott Bush, posing as a Republican, turned the state blue. When the Bush set up shop in Texas, we all went, "Here we go again." It is actually very sophisticated politics, meaning, while the concept of infiltration and subversion can be understood by a ten year old, it takes exceptional people to bring it off, successfully. Gradually, the needle swings so far left that a man like Sanders can represent Vermont as an "Independent," even though he is a known red. They shift the whole frame of reference.