Is the Endless GOP Primary Making America More Conservative? The answer is yes, absolutely, says Salon’s David Sirota: I believe the longer the Republican primary battle continues, the more the GOP’s most extreme proposals are given a mainstream platform, the more their ideas are granted public credibility and the more conservative propaganda is invisibly woven into our most basic political assumptions. Sirota probably has a point. After all, the dark side of contraception wasn’t a major talking point until the Santorum et. al. pushed the issue onto the national agenda.
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Is the Endless GOP Primary Making America More Conservative?

The answer is yes, absolutely, says Salon’s David Sirota:

I believe the longer the Republican primary battle continues, the more the GOP’s most extreme proposals are given a mainstream platform, the more their ideas are granted public credibility and the more conservative propaganda is invisibly woven into our most basic political assumptions.

Sirota probably has a point. After all, the dark side of contraception wasn’t a major talking point until the Santorum et. al. pushed the issue onto the national agenda.

Source: topix.com