The three categories of Republicans

I have long felt that there are three categories of Republicans: the evil, the selfish and the stupid.

The evil are the Republicans who know exactly what the party is doing to the country and support it anyway. I suspect that the only Republicans in this category belong to the leadership: Karl Rove, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, etc. I have never met one of these and hope I never do.

The second category consists of the selfish. This is the largest category and the one I am most likely to meet. A member of this faction would say, "Yes, I know the Republican party is racist, war-mongering and deceitful, but I'm voting for them because they would keep my taxes low." Members of this category are residents of a moral cesspool, but they are also short-sighted - paraphrasing one commentator to Andrew Sullivan's website: "The stock market's in the tank, the military's busted, we're hated around the world - please, tax me."

The third category are the stupid. These are the ones who think that liberals will ban the bible, sell out the country to terrorists, and adopt communism. I don't recall ever meeting any of these.