There are at least two elements of the GOP at play here: those who only concern themselves with the label regardless of the substance... and those who care about the country more than they care about the party.
Does anyone here doubt that the GOP establishment support for a candidate EXACTLY like Obama except running under the GOP banner would have been any less on their part?
And when we do run democrats masquerading as Republicans like we did here in Washington State, what happens?
Gee. I dunno.
What happened to McKenna? To Finkbiener? To Dunn? To Boldt?
How'd that work out?
What brought this on was Hillary Clinton's hypocritical and politically expedient decision to suddenly endorse gay marriage.
Clinton, one of the two most responsible for the slaughter of the Benghazi Four, stuck her finger out into the wind and exercised her digit to determine that she'd better get on board with her fringe-left constituency, and has clearly demonstrated that principle is as meaningless to her as it is to the GOP.
Meanwhile, the so-called Republicans are panicked, lacking leadership, vision, competence and will.
Note that the same people in charge during the last debacle are in charge now, leaving us with one of three choices:
1. Research the definition of insanity... again.
We need to have the same people do the same things they did for the last election?
2. Go with the PaulBots.
While I had several objections to the idiocy that was Ron Paul, that idiocy has now switched over to Rand Paul. I objected to the dementia of Ron Paul because of his foreign policy death wish of encouraging Iran to develop nukes.
I now object to Rand Paul because of HIS DOMESTIC policy death wish of caving on the illegal alien issue and further diluting our work force, dramatically increasing the costs and expansion of our social services including education and welfare, and the impacts of tens of millions of MORE illegals who will now definitely view this nation as their resort destination of choice while we tell the law abiding immigrants to fuck off... those breaking our laws get first choice.
Makes perfect sense.
3. Go to "none of the above."
Most recently, I chose that route in the county commissioner's race between democrat Marc Boldt and Republican David Madore.
I had problems with both candidates. I'm 57 years old and I had determined that I had fought too hard, paid too much to accept a RINO (Boldt) or to completely put my concerns aside to vote for Republican Madore.
So, in 2016, we're again going to be faced with democrat-lite on the GOP side as apparently, the ONLY strategy we have is to become like them.
WHAT principles when it comes to illegal aliens?
Screw that: we need to get the Hispanic vote and GOP leadership is moronic enough to think that pandering to illegals will get it.
WHAT principles when it comes to gay marriage?
Sleaze like Portman, Clinton, Reagan Dunn and the like switch positions at the drop of the soap when political expedience demands it. Never mind that we've spent decades fighting on what obviously seems to be the wrong side if GOP leadership, with increasing frequency, seems to believe.
WHAT principles when it comes to the idiocy of PAYING tuition for ILLEGAL ALIENS, like so many of the GOP in the House voted for in a bill temporarily dead in the state House just last week.
We don't have enough money for CITIZENS, but we've got enough for those who should be locked up or deported just for being here?
Brilliant.
Those who've been complaining for years that there's really no difference between the two major parties have something of a point.
And now, as I watch the GOP that I was a member of for so long, the GOP that I fought for and politically bled for, for so long drift further and further away to my left... I'm reminded of my earlier definition of the two political parties:
The democrats want to hurtle us off the cliff. The cowards in the GOP, who refuse to do what must be done to save our country, want us to jump off the same cliff... just at a somewhat slower speed.
I'll pass, thank you.
It's going to be a different world soon: hyperinflation, climate change, new wars, and the disenchantment of an entire generation that has never been able to start a career. Dude, do you really want to be fighting gay marriage, abortion, women in the military, and citizenship battles? There are some HUGE problems coming our way. One side will be pulling for more socialism. Let your side pull the other direction (and leave the social issues in the past).
ReplyDeleteIf that would work, I might support it... but it won't and I believe it misses the broader point.
ReplyDeleteHere in Washington State, the top of our ticket was all of the things these people are nowe babbling about, and they got killed. In short, the pandering aspect got all those running to the left killed. And so will this sorry effort.
The so-called "report" hits every major democrat talking point. It substantially agrees with every allegation to a greater or lesser extent.
It's an acknowledgement that the democrats have successfully defined the GOP.
The problem is that with social programs on the table or no, the democrats will continue to use this kind of thing to continue to define the GOP because they see that they are successful in forcing the GOP to change.
Minorities will continue to vote on a racist basis that would get a white candidate strung up if he or she were to suggest that white voters only vote for what candidates. And nothing announced today is going to change that, although I, personally advocated for minority out reach and a seat on the executive board here in Washington for the Log Cabin Republicans back in 2000. (I was ignored, of course.)
Since the GOP insists on verifying everything the democrats have done and said to label them, why would the dems STOP that practice and why would they shift away from applying it in every area?
In short, the dems have gotten inside the GOP's head and now, going to my initial premise, the GOP is moving ENTIRELY LEFT... becoming democrat light... only to discover that they are STILL behind and will continue to BE behind until they can take the mo away from the dems.
Becoming them isn't the answer. Going in the same direction and ignoring our fiscal reality isn't the answer.
Overlooking the technical causes of these outcomes isn't the answer. Placing pandering ahead of campaign competence isn't going to solve anything.
It doesn't matter, for example, what your positions are if you're too incompetent to have a functioning GOTV program to get your people to the polls.
The GOP did not have that this last time. But they are putting all their faith in chasing a phantom while they ignore that simple fact.
The time to do this is AFTER an election where they DID have a well-organized and executed GOTV program... but lost anyway.
THEN you can begin to ignore your principled positions if you think you must.
But these clowns are going to be doing all of this without me.