GOP Purity Test Is a 'Suicide Pact'

Republicans are saying that 'thinking people need not apply'

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2009 12:24 PM CST

(Newser) – Just when things start going in Republicans' favor, along comes the idiotic idea of forcing candidates to take a purity test, complains Kathleen Parker. This is no test—it's a "suicide pact." The idea is to withhold party support from candidates who fail... Read full story »

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