Let the shutdown begin

[GuidoHunter]

Pretty sure adlp brought that up because I chided him a while back for calling himself "pro-life" but also saying, "except in the case of rape and incest", since such an exception is morally indefensible and logically bankrupt.

But yeah, not an abortion thread. PMs are welcome, though.

Originally Posted by FoJaR

and then after that failed experiment in radicalism, 2012 happened.

2012 also gave us some great conservative leaders and culled some of the "establishment" republicans from the herd. Of course, there were several bad candidates, too, like Todd Akin and Mitt Romney, but 2012 was hardly a loss for conservatism.

--Guido