People of a certain age will remember Playboy‘s longtime PR catch phrase “What Sort of Man Reads Playboy?”

Well, what sort of man does the Republican Party welcome into its fold these days?

Looking at the newly-former Democratic Representative from Alabama, Parker Griffith, one would have to say:

A man who doesn’t care two hoots about terrorism, and who believes “America’s greatest enemy is America.”

A man who exploits cancer patients and causes them “pain and suffering” just so that he could make more money.

A man who engages in “shameful conduct” and “can’t be trusted”.

And this is not ex-post sniping at Griffith from angry Democrats who feel betrayed by his defection. This is the Republican Party’s own carefully considered ex-ante appraisal, one they felt comfortable stamping with their seal of approval and putting on the airwaves.