Republicans still don’t get it
The Republicans in Congress continue to baffle me. They are spending all of their time trying to use the marketing tool of “re-branding” the party, while at the same time they refuse to vote against terrible public policy. The most recent example is the disastrous farm bill that the Senate passed overwhelmingly. The House has already passed the bill, and although President Bush will veto it, Congress will likely override the veto.
As long as the Republicans in Congress pay lip service to conservatism while voting like liberals, they deserve to lose in November. Those leading the Republicans down the wrong path include Senator McConnell, Rep. Thad McCotter and Rep. Roy Blunt. They should be replaced by principled conservatives like Senator Jim DeMint, Rep. Paul Ryan and Rep. Jeb Hensarling. The party will lose 20 seats in the House, 6 in the Senate and the presidency if it continues to vote for liberal policies. Conservatives should put more pressure on the Republican leadership in Congress and not buy into all this “re-branding” talk until they actually begin to advance conservative ideas.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
The Republicans have been betraying conservatives for decades. It’s just become more blatant lately. There once was a time when conservatives and libertarians were almost synomonous. Now one is the antithesis of the other. That’s the root of the problem. The Republicans jettisoned their principles for what they thought was political expediency. They are about to end up with neither. And they deserve it. It’s time to rebuild the party from scratch by supporting and voting for Ron Paul endorsed candidates or those of the Libertarian Party when those aren’t available. This country desperately needs an alternative to the political oligarchy of the Republicans and Democrats.
Also, while cutting domestic spending is commendable it’s the defense budget that is the single biggest expenditure in the budget. Most of which is used to continue an unconstitutional and hopeless war and to maintain the government’s overseas empire. Without deeply cutting the defense budget other cuts are meaningless.