Christopher Smart: Republicans, a messiah and winning at any cost

I could never understand Republicans or what it is they espouse.Ronald Reagan won by a landslide in 1980 and was popular through two terms because he came across as a warmhearted, all-American Gipper who stood for freedom, hated communism and promised a bright future.That part I get, but when I listened closely to his campaign speeches and debates, it became clear he was using racial dog whistles: “Welfare queens in Cadillacs.” He famously said, “Government is the problem, not