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"Before recent events, I intended to write about the GOP's message problem with the headline: "Shoot the Messenger."
Sunday's fatal shooting of abortion doctor George Tiller makes my title inappropriate, but the idea remains relevant.
The adage, of course, is "Don't shoot the messenger," meaning we shouldn't necessarily blame the person who delivers bad news. For the Republican Party these days, however, the problem isn't so much the message. It's the messenger.
By grotesque coincidence, Tiller's murderer furthers the point.
It has long been a problem for the GOP that some of the party's cherished positions are embraced most enthusiastically by people whose grip on reality is sometimes . . . tenuous. This is especially true with regard to abortion."
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