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Antwan Scott
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The view from 2018 is rather different. The GOP finds itself in the throes of a populist convulsion, an ironic product of the fact that the party that long banqueted on resentment of the media now is utterly dominated by the alternative media constructed by its own most dedicated partisans. It is Sean Hannity’s party now.
That's a feature not a bug.
He nailed it with this line: "But “libertarian” often means little more than “a person with right-leaning sensibilities who is embarrassed to be associated with the Republican Party.” (Hardly, these days, an indefensible position.)
And he showed he's in that camp too with his lame, "But Democrats suck too" bit at the end that you quoted. He uses one op-ed by one senator from three years ago making points I've never seen other Dems make to claim that Democrats aren't "clever" enough to attract Libertarians.
Don't forget the 2014 Gawker post.
He complained how "ironic" it was that the Republican party has been taken over by nutjobs then throws in "Dems want to jail climate skeptics!" at the end.