Both of these were published in the last 14 months and are part of a larger right wing project designed to build the permission structure for Christians to embrace a selfish, cruel, and fascistic vision of Christianity by redefining one of the central teachings of the New Testament and Jesus Christ

the Union should have hung every evil Confederate general and burned way more of the South and also how dare you associate me with New England Puritans

... fully corseted and free-born Englishman, culturally to be accorded either the informal courtesy and respect of civil social intercourse or the rights of entitlement and citizenship. [...] The capacity to live with difference is, in my view, the coming question of the twenty-first century."

good thing the primary isn't for seven months then, plenty of time to keep an open mind and let the process play out.

what makes him a candidate is that he's running. what makes him a good candidate is that people are attracted to his messaging.

neither of those translates into anything more.