BBCW Wacky Liberal of the Year 2012: #6 The Republican Establishment

Ronald Reagan once said "the heart of conservatism is libertarianism". In 2012, the Republican establishment forgot these wise words of President Reagan. Instead, they moved further to the left, nominating the most liberal Republican yet for the presidency, Mitt Romney.

Romney's record included Romneycare, the blueprint for Obamacare and some of the toughest gun control laws in the country.

Many traditional Republican voters came out in protest of Romney. They showed up at caucuses, where the system was often stacked against this mixture of conservative and libertarian voters. The rules were often changed to keep their voice shut out of the progress. The Republican Party and its establishment hacks pushed these voters away.

In November, Mitt Romney received 4,000,000 less votes than left leaning moderate John McCain from four years earlier, and Obama won reelection.

The Republican Party's move to the left lost them the election, and gave them the title of a bunch of wacky liberals. In recent weeks this was further enforced as John Boehner purged conservative leaders from House leadership positions.