"The problem with the GOP – one of the many problems with the GOP – is that it is not about solutions. It is about putting a spin on solutions. Losing two presidential elections because your message was bigoted, repressive, and exclusive, means not that you should be more tolerant, accepting, and inclusive, but that when you’re being bigoted, repressive, and exclusive, you should smile more.
In the end, Bryant’s presence in the Washington Post Live Event was seen by him not as an opportunity to examine a very serious problem and search for relevant answers, but an opportunity to publicly indulge in his bigotries, which he then proceeded to do with great aplomb."
