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A good (IMO) commentary on one of the tenets of Republican strategy for the past 30 years, which I think comes closest to actual treason: demonize government for political purposes. The author looks at the historical roots of the divide between federalists and anti-federalists. The only thing that the article lacks, I think, is a bit more effort at the end to make clear the difference between the AFs and post-Reagan GOPers: the former truly believed that smaller government, exerted at the lowest possible level, was best. While woefully misguided, it was at least honest. The current crop clearly don't believe what they preach, as they expand government whenever they are in control (in the same way that they don't believe in balancing budgets, just defunding the programs that benefit those who don't support them while creating record deficits through spending and tax cuts for their allies).