Republican Power – Is It Over?
Douglas MacKinnon writes in today’s Washington Times (The GOP's image problem) “Privately, I have lost count of the number of Republicans who have come up to me in the last two years and said, ‘We have become what we defeated in 1994.’”
Apparently the answer is yes. And what the Republicans defeated in 1994 has fallen further into the abyss.
For the record, I am one of those “Decline To State” party members. The Reagan Republicans no longer exist and the Democratic party has too many divergent special interest groups that they must pander too.
Many conservatives are complaining that President Bush let them down on the Miers nomination. Unfortunately they (conservatives) have become exactly what they recently railed against in the Roberts nomination. They are demanding Miers’ position on Roe and other conservative issues. Pure arrogance.
The Republicans in the body of “The 535” have the belief that they are entitled to their power and have forgotten what real leadership is all about. They break all of the speed limits and ignore the law in spending money on Katrina.
Neither party has a plan or a vision for America. The Democrats want America to subordinate itself to world opinion while Republicans simply can’t find a coherent statement on where we stand in the world.
The Democrats continue to recyle the alternative fuels debate (Senator Reid now projects 2020 as the year of independence). The Republicans want more drilling. Neither talk about making it a bit easier to increase refining capacity in the mean time – kind of like Prop 80 in California.
Both parties in the body of “The 535” believe that they know best on issues ranging from the flu to economics to Constitutional Law but, in reality, they only know how to spend our money on their own pet projects.
Both parties complain that the other party only panders to its special interest groups. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count the number of special interest groups in either party. Does anyone remember when America was a melting pot and not a bunch of side-dishes?
Can anyone say “It is time for a real third party”?
Apparently the answer is yes. And what the Republicans defeated in 1994 has fallen further into the abyss.
For the record, I am one of those “Decline To State” party members. The Reagan Republicans no longer exist and the Democratic party has too many divergent special interest groups that they must pander too.
Many conservatives are complaining that President Bush let them down on the Miers nomination. Unfortunately they (conservatives) have become exactly what they recently railed against in the Roberts nomination. They are demanding Miers’ position on Roe and other conservative issues. Pure arrogance.
The Republicans in the body of “The 535” have the belief that they are entitled to their power and have forgotten what real leadership is all about. They break all of the speed limits and ignore the law in spending money on Katrina.
Neither party has a plan or a vision for America. The Democrats want America to subordinate itself to world opinion while Republicans simply can’t find a coherent statement on where we stand in the world.
The Democrats continue to recyle the alternative fuels debate (Senator Reid now projects 2020 as the year of independence). The Republicans want more drilling. Neither talk about making it a bit easier to increase refining capacity in the mean time – kind of like Prop 80 in California.
Both parties in the body of “The 535” believe that they know best on issues ranging from the flu to economics to Constitutional Law but, in reality, they only know how to spend our money on their own pet projects.
Both parties complain that the other party only panders to its special interest groups. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count the number of special interest groups in either party. Does anyone remember when America was a melting pot and not a bunch of side-dishes?
Can anyone say “It is time for a real third party”?
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