Where Republicans Went Wrong
Dick Armey, who has a very funny name, writes:
Now spending is out of control. Rather than rolling back government, we have a new $1.2 trillion Medicare prescription drug benefit, and non-defense discretionary spending is growing twice as fast as it had in the Clinton administration. Meanwhile, Social Security is collapsing while rogue nations are going nuclear and the Middle East is more combustible than ever. Yet Republican lawmakers have taken up such issues as flag burning, Terri Schiavo and same-sex marriage.
They're fooling only themselves.
Quite a lot of head-shaking and soul-searching in the Republican Party these days, and the election hasn't event happened. One of my solaces after the 2004 election was knowing Americans would be given more time to see where this administration's failed policies and tactics were taking us, providing for a more decisive and corrective swing the next time around.
8 days to go.
posted by Chuck Olsen @ 12:44 AM |
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2 Comments:
Chuck, Talk about a paragraph taken out of context. Everyone needs to click on the link and read the whole story!!!!
Scott K.
I liked his basic premise, but he mischaracterizes the dems pretty badly here:
"In essence, Pelosi will be forced to choose between a vocal base -- expecting immediate satisfaction on issues such as withdrawing from Iraq, legalizing same-sex marriage and the impeachment of President Bush -- or policies that are tolerable to a majority of Americans. That's quite a dilemma: appeasing a base that has been hungry for political revenge since 2000 and 2004, or alienating moderate and swing voters."
That's a total red herring. The majority of Americans (dems included) don't want an immediate withdraw from Iraq. They want a coherent plan and competent, honest leadership. The majority of Americans (dems included) don't have legalizing same-sex marriage on the top of their to-do lists. That is one of the wedge issues dreamed up b and aggressively pursued by the GOP to score cheap votes. It isn't a dem issue, it's a republican issue. Elect dems and it dissapears.
Now impeach Bush-- that's something I might be able to get behind. But I'd have to think about it.
What Armey misses is if the Dems get elected and power changes hands in the House or Senate, it will be the swing and moderate voters who did it.
The very reason the GOP is struggling right this very second is because they have already alienated these folks beyond belief.
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