Congratulations, GOP. After 25 years of failure and betrayal your base is 'ready for a revolution'

People are fed up. They're angry. They're furious. ...And you can thank the GOP for it. I've been arguing - for well over a decade now - that the party had long abandoned its constitutionalist roots. The base demanded strict-constructionists but, for a variety of reasons, it was force-fed a cadre of candidates that were about as far from that ideal as a Republican can get. While top tier GOPers derided true small-government politicians as throwbacks, Birchers, and "wacko birds," their constituents were force fed a parade of expansionists that included Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain, Romney, and - if the party had its way - Bush again.

This week, we got confirmation of something else I've been arguing for ages - those "wackos" would probably already have this election sewn up. Meanwhile, as the GOP frittered away 25 years, liberals did what liberals are supposed to do. Democrats were treated to exactly the kinds of candidates they wanted to support. Progressives elected big government, tax & spend liberals who made sweeping promises and delivered on them - often due to the aid offered by a feckless "opposition party." Well, congratulations, GOP. You've arrived at the inevitable outcome of your efforts.

WATCH: Woman at Pence rally: “If Hillary Clinton gets in ... I’m ready for a revolution".

Pence: “Don’t say that.” https://t.co/33kkes5urQ

— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) October 11, 2016

I wonder if the GOP has any idea how prevalent this line of thinking is. We could spend all day discussing the fact that Trump is "not a conservative," or "not a constitutionalist." It's true. He's not - at least not in any traditional sense.

Trump said the "Shackles" were off, and he began attacking the elites within the Republican party. How dare they ask the base for sympathy?

His ascent is a reaction. He's the Republican party's Frankenstein's monster - one they spent two and a half decades building. Now, as he turns on his creators, they throw their hands up in dismay, act like they're shocked, and beg for unity. Sorry, Republican party. YOU did this. Again and again you ignored your base, betrayed your voters, and abandoned both your principles and your promises. If (as some of you claim) Trump ends up being the death of the party, YOUR decisions will be the nails in your own coffin. Yesterday, Trump said the "Shackles" were off, and he began attacking the elites within the Republican party. How dare they ask the base for sympathy?

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