Are these insane birthers, tea-baggers, etc. helping or hurting the Republican party?

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$tevie wrote:
The GOP has done nothing whatsoever to discourage nor disavow the kooks.

Here is a difference. The GOP kooks are holding hand painted signs on street corners, the Democrat kooks are in the White House writing policy. Van Jones as kooky as it gets and look how far up he got.