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Watching Republicans has never been so fun. But voting for them…

My old friend’s father might find the state of his beloved party a little confusing. He wouldn’t be alone

14 November 2015

9:00 AM

14 November 2015

9:00 AM

Washington DC

A friend of mine asked his father, aged 82: ‘Dad, at this stage of life, what do you enjoy most?’ Dad replied: ‘Voting Republican and being left alone by your mother.’ Surely an unimproveable definition of bliss.

My friend told me this in the 1980s, long before the Republican nomination contest turned into reality TV.

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