GOP elites are getting 'weird' obsessions with 'genital sunning and seed oils': Political scientist
Raw StoryOn Friday, writing for The New Republic, political scientist Graham Gallagher argued that, completely independently of becoming more radicalized and conspiracy-theory minded, GOP elite culture is simply "getting weirder" — and that it "might begin to cost Republicans elections in years to come and undermine their own appeals to American patriotism in a way policy extremism alone could not." "American voters see the political parties as equally extreme in policy, ignoring evidence that Republicans have moved right much faster than Democrats have moved left," wrote Gallagher. These new beliefs cropping up on the right, Gallagher argued, are a sign of "declining social trust" among conservatives — as is the growing segment of the Right that believes in abolishing women's suffrage and enforcing traditional homemaking among women who are increasingly working outside the home. But, he argued, the left appears to be backing down from this subculture for the sake of appealing to normal Americans and maintaining political relevance — whereas "The right is learning the opposite lesson."
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