So says my \u201c2016 Presidential Platform Survey\u201d that came in the mail the other day, and purports to be a genuine survey asking potenial Republican supporters what issues they should focus on. \u00a0Of course, there may be a modest degree to which it does this, but by and large the questions are loaded, and designed in themselves to elicit support (e.g., \u201cDo you believe that reducing the federal corporate tax rate, now one of the highest in world, will help stimulate job creation and economic growth?\u201d), and, the bottom line is the request for a donation of minimally $15 \u201cto help cover tabulating my Survey.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the key is question 5, \u201cWhich of the following policy stances do you believe our 2016 Republican Presidential Nominee should embrace?\u201d \u2014 and every last one is phrased in a way that makes it clear that the \u201cright\u201d answer is a yes. \u00a0Of these, midway through, is this one, \u201cSupports a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.\u201d <\/p>\n
Which I\u2019m interpreting as meaning that the Republican establishment wants us to check this box along with the others. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So says my \u201c2016 Presidential Platform Survey\u201d that came in the mail the other day, and purports to be a genuine survey asking potenial Republican supporters what issues they should focus on. \u00a0Of course, there may be a modest degree to which it does this, but by and large the questions are loaded, and designed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-immigration"],"yoast_head":"\n