To the editor:

From the moment Barack Obama was inaugurated, the GOP’s strategy appeared to be an all-out attempt to make sure nothing positive or productive occurred during his presidency, even to the point of disavowing and mocking their own former policies and positions if, God forbid, they made sense and Obama agreed with them.

Then they must have had a secret meeting at some billionaire’s hunting lodge where they formulated a nationwide plan for retaking the White House in 2012. How they would get around the inconvenience of not having an electable candidate has since come to light:

1. Crush unions in as many states as possible to hobble their ability to make significant campaign contributions since unions tend to lean Democratic.

2. Yank federal funding for those pesky-lefty NPR and PBS stations that have the gall to actually educate and inform people.

3. Pass as much pointless legislation as possible to make it more difficult and confusing to register to vote since baseless restrictions will more likely impact potential voters who are young and minorities, who also tend to vote Democratic.

It’s all quite complicated, dirty-sneaky, and time-consuming — and to hell with the actual issues, progress, common sense, decency and constituents — but apparently promoting a smart, sane, experienced, ethical and viable candidate from among the current GOP frontrunners posed a bigger challenge.