Quote of the Day - 5.10.09

| Sun May. 10, 2009 8:38 AM PDT

From Bill Schneider, CNN election guru and former senior fellow at the right-wing American Enterprise Institute:

"The Republicans aren't a party, they're a cult."

Well, today's GOP does seem to check most of the boxes in the International Cultic Studies Association's "Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups."  Except for this one: "The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members."  That doesn't seem to be much of a priority for them these days.

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