"Party of principle?" Where did you get that from?! Seriously, everything else was spot-on, but I was always under the impression that the Republicans were the "party of loyalty," and that they are more loyal to people than to principles (hence the cult of personality round Reagan and Bush Jr, as well as Trump).
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They used to loudly make that kind of claim. Maybe around the time they lost to Obama?
That sounds about right. I wasn't old enough to vote in the 2008 election, and back then, I wasn't paying attention to the Republicans - I was too busy cracking jokes about the Democrats. "If Hillary and Obama jumped off a cliff, which one would hit the ground first? Hillary - because Obama would have to stop and ask for directions."