Well, the teabagging of America is in full swing, and the nation has… erm… not exactly been brought to its knees. It has, however, seen some of the pure ugliness and mindless, unthinking vitriol that lies at the heart of the modern conservative movement.

George Lakoff wrote in Don’t Think of an Elephant  that the Republican Party has (traditionally) been better at appearing cohesive from the outside despite existing inner turmoil. Republican groups with different agendas would work together with the understanding that the needs of all would eventually be met if groups waited their turn. This election cycle knocked down the wall around the Republicans, exposing their infighting, weaknesses and the last gasps of a party on life support. 
Why did the wall come down now? George W. Bush- easily blamed for most things wrong with …