RYAN PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR COHEN

Richard Cohen has written a WaPo op-ed that correctly claims the GOP has become a cult -

The hallmark of a cult is to replace reason with feverish belief. This the GOP has done when it comes to the government’s ability to stimulate the economy. History proves this works — it’s how the Great Depression ended — but Republicans will not acknowledge it.

This intellectual rigidity has produced a GOP presidential field that’s a virtual political Jonestown.

As if following a script, Paul Ryan shows that he is in denial about the popularity of his plan to destroy Medicare:

“Those polls don’t describe it very well. When the plan is described accurately, it actually polls very well,” Ryan claims.