Recently, RNC Committeeman Jim Bopp, Jr. has authored a 10 point "Purity Test" entitled "Resolution on Reagan’s Unity Principle for Support of Candidates" which has been emailed to Republican National Committee members.

Ironically, The Nation has illustrated how Reagan himself would fail the test.

Furthermore, ThinkProgress has provided a fascinating look at how at least 40 current GOP lawmakers fail a principle of the "Purity Test".

The ten are as follows:

(1) Smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill
(2) Market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;
(3) Market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;
(4) Workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check
(5) Legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;
(6) Victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;
(7) Containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat
(8) Retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;
(9) Protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and
(10) The right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership

My only observation about the "Purity Test" is this:

(1) Smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill

(8) Retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;

How the hell is retaining a federal law which does an end run around the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution supporting "smaller government"?

Republicans have been, and continue to be, more than happy to use the might of the evil Federal government to bypass state medicinal marijuana laws to continue prosecuting people for drug violations.

Here is a graphic which illustrates how much potential money is lost by the further prohibition of marijuana care of sloshspot.com:





States rights, my ass.

If the hypocrisy of the GOP isn't obvious to you by now...you may be an idiot.