Some of us have been saying this since, oh, about twenty years.

A party that refuses to raise taxes on anyone, ever, when taxes are at historic lows isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that wants to roll back successful programs like Social Security that have been a bedrock of American society for nearly three quarters of a century isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that’s openly at war with Progressive Era reforms like unions and child labor laws isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that refuses to make cuts in defense when the U.S. currently spends more than the next 14 countries in the world combined isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that denies the scientific consensus of climate change isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that seeks to repeal a law that was decided by the Supreme Court nearly four decades ago isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that advocates the forced deportation of 12 million immigrants isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that denies basic facts about the deficit isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that wants to pull out of landmark treaties the United States helped write isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party that invites white supremacists and fringe organizations like the John Birch Society to its most important conferences isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party whose leaders compare the President of the United States to Adolf Hitler and Stalin on the floor of the House, who threaten impeachment if they don’t get their way, and who sow doubt about the President’s citizenship isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

A party whose presidential candidates claim that states should be able to ban contraception and that the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional isn’t conservative, it’s radical.

And so on.