It has been noted, for example by Vice-President Biden on a number of occasions, that one of the stark things about the current crew or crop of Republicans, driven to right-wing edge of insanity by the Tea Party, is that they no longer try to hide their secret agendas or their dishonest and ruthless methods. This makes the job of Democrats a little easier in terms of pointing out to voters exactly how dangerously nutty Republicans sound (and are). But it also dumbs down and gutters down the political rhetoric, making blatant dishonesty, for example, seem normal and acceptable.
Today's example of this was provided by that stalwart Republican extremist, Representative Paul Ryan, who plainly admitted on Meet the Press today that not only have Republicans responded to Barack Obama's repeated attempts to compromise with them by Ryan and his colleagues "making empty promises" to the voters, but that this was the plan in the future should Obama be reelected.
Admitting that they have absolutely no intention of stopping sacrificing the wellbeing and future of the USA to pursue their hate agenda against President Obama, the Republicans have now admitted to lying to voters as a reasonable response to Republican anger at the electoral choice of those same voters.
Republicans are obviously a threat to the political process, and to USA national security.