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Title: Is the Republican Party Finished?
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American Thinker
URL Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010 ... e_republican_party_finish.html
Published: Dec 29, 2010
Author: Michael Filozof
Post Date: 2010-12-29 17:51:28 by X-15
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The lame-duck session of the 111th Congress proved one thing beyond a doubt: the Republican Party does not represent the interests of conservatives. Despite the midterm election tidal wave, in which the Republican Party gained 63 House seats (eclipsing its historic1994 success against Clinton), congressional Republicans failed to leverage their victory into political clout and collapsed like a house of cards in the lame-duck session. The last two weeks ought to have sickened conservatives. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spectacularly failed to hold his caucus together to even delay ratification of the START treaty until the 112th Congress is seated in January. Republican leftists Olympia Snowe and Lisa Murkowski sided with Democrats to end the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, forcing the gay agenda from the streets of San Francisco right into the U.S. Marine Corps. Congressional Republicans agreed to cut FICA taxes for Social Security (which is underfunded already) and expand the Democratic Party's welfare state constituency by extending unemployment benefits -- in exchange for maintaining current tax rates for a paltry two years. The deal will add billions to the deficit. Tea Party darling Scott Brown, mocked by Obama for driving a truck in his insurgent 2009 campaign in which he stole "Ted Kennedy's seat" from the Democrats, voted for Obama's agenda on all of these issues. Give the Democratic devils their due. They are astute students of Machiavelli. They know how to exercise power. The ink was barely dry on the DADT repeal when Obama cynically announced he'd now "rethink" his (supposed) opposition to gay marriage, and Vice-President Biden announced that gay marriage was "inevitable." Despite historically low congressional approval ratings, Speaker Pelosi rammed socialized medicine and cap-and-trade legislation through the House by one-vote margins and pursued the exercise of power right up to the eleventh hour of the lame-duck session. When's the last time Republicans pursued their agenda so ruthlessly? Maybe 1919, when Republican Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge held his caucus together to defeat the Treaty of Versailles by one vote -- unmoved by the plight of Democrat Woodrow Wilson, who lay crippled in the White House after having a stroke trying to rally public opinion in favor of the treaty. The Republicans do not pursue their agenda ruthlessly because they do not have one -- at least not a conservative one that differs substantially from the Democratic agenda. The capitulation to the lame-duck Democrats is merely the latest in a decades-long series of episodes in which Republicans have actively colluded with Democrats to push the left-wing agenda of the 1960s forward. The majority opinion in Roe v. Wade was written by Republican Harry Blackmun. Republican appointee Sandra Day O'Connor voted to uphold Roe in Casey v. Planned Parenthood. Republican justice Anthony Kennedy cited the European Court of Human Rights in Lawrence v. Texas, which declared that the Constitution guarantees a right to anal sodomy. Republican President George W. Bush expanded the already-bloated Federal bureaucracy with the hideous Department of Homeland Security, the TSA, "No Child Left Behind," and the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supports gay marriage, and signed restrictive ammunition bans into law in California; former Republican Gov. George Pataki signed restrictive gun-control legislation in New York. Former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney can hardly campaign against ObamaCare after initiating mandatory health care insurance in Massachusetts. Republican Senators McCain and Graham support amnesty for illegal aliens; Graham and Snowe voted to put Sonia "A Wise Latina Can Make Better Decisions Than a White Man" Sotomayor on the Supreme Court. Republicans, who supposedly oppose affirmative action, named Colin Powell Secretary of State; Powell rewarded them by endorsing Barack Obama in 2008. The party that was founded as an anti-slavery party and appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court cannot get more than ten percent of the black vote in a good year. After losing 96% of the black vote to a black Democrat in 2008, Republicans eagerly panted "Me, too!" and by named Michael Steele party chairman. What a mess. Conservatives today are in essentially the same position that the radical Left was in back in the Sixties. Then, every institution in American society -- the "Establishment" in Sixties jargon -- was socially and temperamentally conservative. The radicals found themselves with nowhere to go but the streets. Today's "Establishment" is uniformly leftist, and conservatives are as unwelcome in the halls of power today as the radical Left was 45 years ago. In order to move forward, conservatives are going to need to do what the Left did in 1968: begin in the streets, capture a political party and convert it to its agenda, and follow up in the courts when they lose elections. Even more important, conservatives are going to have to learn to exploit national crises to advance their agenda. And surely these crises are coming -- the national debt, currency valuation, inflation, Iranian nuclear weapons, illegal immigration, a day of reckoning in Afghanistan, and so on. Voters will demand alternatives to Leftist policies when these crises appear. If the Republicans do not present conservative alternatives, Conservatives will have to form a party of their own. Voters in November voted against the Democrats, not for the Republicans. Nothing in the last two weeks indicates that the Republicans are ready to give the nation any real alternative when the 112th Congress is seated. If the Republican Party fails to do more than ape the Democratic Party, it will be finished -- if it isn't already.
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#6. To: christine, X-15 (#5)
I think people are being unrealistic in that they expect a mere change in parties to derail in one fell swoop an agenda that has been ongoing for more than 80 years. Ain't gonna happen. We can reclaim our government, and it can be done much more quickly than the period of covert destruction, but it isn't going to happen in one election cycle. We have to keep pushing and not grow faint of heart.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
I would disagree, very strongly. The yoke is in place.
Party Politics is about to give way to anarchy.
"Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were (ever) our countrymen!”".
Could you please watch to see what happens ... I have a weak stomach.
"Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were (ever) our countrymen!”".
I would disagree, very strongly. The yoke is in place. No, disagree. It is, but only to a limited extent. They are still relying on mass manipulation and dare not become too arrogant or open, but then that of course is one of their achilles heels. If they were in total control all pretense of democratic action would be swept away, and they are not quite to that point yet, but yes time is running rapidly out.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
I just received a RP mail pimping for more money. I passed. We were as fully invested as the law allowed the last time around, and until I see more results, I cannot fund more whatever...
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
Last week I received a huge envelope, complete with dire warnings from Paul and his crew. They started off asking for $400, no chicken feed for them.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
I both agree and disagree. Yes a restoration and rebuilding of moral and ethical behavior is fundamental before any meaningful climb back out of the cesspit can begin. However, I think that can happen faster than you think. From what I am seeing young people, the more aware ones, are feeling the lack of morality and it is making them unhappy. Clean hands make for a happy life. By that I don't necessarily mean a return to "man on top get over with quick" or even celibacy, but a recognition that honesty, honor, and responsibility are necessary to lead a happy life. Also a recognition that one does have the right to disagree with the group if it violates ones sense of honor or decency. However, that can't be accomplished by preachy hypocrites which is an appellation that describes too many ministers and priests. And I agree with your assessment of the Mahajunkie's attitude, and anyone who has been married 3 times and has to take drugs to make life bearable is not leading a happy life regardless of the PR they put out. It is an old truism that money cannot buy happiness. Accomplishment does, living an honorable life does. The moment one equates material wealth with happiness you have lost the game. There is nothing inherently evil in being wealthy, and there is nothing wrong with earning a lot of money, but it is my observation that wealthy and happy do not necessarily go together. The happiest wealthy people are those who got that way by being successful at doing something they enjoy and the money part just sort of happened as a result of being successful at something they enjoy. Oh, and most people do not become wealthy by working for someone else. I think we will see a more chaotic state, but chaos is not a natural function of living. Chaos, disorder, is the sign of a confused and unstable state. However, it seems to be a natural part of our make up to bring order. It is only the unsane and psychotic who create chaos and disorder, and they need to be recognized as the disease they are. They are very disturbed people regardless of their wealth and position. In their insane outlook they are trying to die, and to take everyone else with them. They are quite sick. And the scene only appears unclear because it is currently an increasingly disordered scene. Lincoln, whatever his faults, commented sagely that, "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on".
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
This year the Repubs cultivated the Teabaggers as their brownshirts to bust up town meetings and overwhelm the Dems at the polls. But that genie will not go quietly back into the lamp. Now that the Republicans are the big target for the next election, and the Teabaggers get to see them close up, the Repubs will be taught a lesson.
As much as the establishment would like it, and as much as they would like to subvert it by trying to push "The Tits that Walk" into the masthead, the Teaparty is not going away. The Spirit of '76 is stirring, and there is a new scent on the stiffening wind.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Shoonra continues to tell us we don't see what we see, don't hear what we hear, and have no idea of that which we view. Just more mind control ... from either a lawyer or a shrink!!!
... You Betcha! Momma Grizzly!!
Frikkin Lib Commie.
So you doubled up, right?
A few months ago we were getting personal evening calls, I asked and then told them to remove our names from their list. Finally one evening the wife answered their call and tore someone a new rectum. The calls stopped but the snail mail continues.
Tom... I hold a very unpopular view of Paul. Namely, he served a useful purpose to the system by sidetracking any true conservative that would run a valid third party race. People call me unflattering names for such a view. However, intentional or not that is all that Paul succeeded in doing last go around. Are Americans willing for another fake race in 2012???
You Betcha, Wink!
The "teabaggers" rose up quite spontaneously to confront their representatives forcefully but peacefully over the profligacy and hypocrisy that is characteristic of Congress. If you want "brownshirts" get a load of activists on the left - try the SEIU on for size. The Spirit of '25 - 1925.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
I only wish they were brownshits, you paranoid oven dodger!!
You tell him, randge. I worked for a firm in So.Cal that provided legal representation for SEIU and the felons that ran the damned chapter. I am too familiar with their unethical protests AND their violence. Poor Shoonra tries to manipulate/brainwash all of us when, in fact, his handlers have done a damned good job of doing just that to him!!!
Who, ... Tits? Ya know for about sixty % of the voting population, this is the premire issue.
i'm giving him one more chance.
With a few exceptions, every RAT shill is OUT and about on this thread. Why do you allow this forum to be a sounding board for paid shills?
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
Egads.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
And, the yoke is on us.
Lets put it this way Flint, this thread has both an ADL plant and Obama voters on it. The fact that they are all singing from the same hymn book is indeed illuminating.
It sure as hell is "illuminating". AND ... you can always identify the oven dodgers for us! MUHAHAHAHA
Follow the trail of matzo crumbs :)
You must have been a NYC cop!!!
Too allow a fifth column to operate here is not "free speech", it's a mistake and we can't afford to make any. I hope one day they're dancing too, I suggest the Hempen Jig.
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
Yes indeed, and oy, talk about a double standard. The dopey blacks never knew the screwing they got living in the ghetto. Manhattan was the crown jewel of the city, and the outer boroughs got whatever was left over in terms of services. Yet they all dutifully voted for the Jew socialist politicians come election time, who in return laughingly called them schwartzers when they were out of ear shot.
So's you kin kick their asses! That's what this is all about, Flintlock. ; ]
Nobody pays me to post here, I have RW stuff that I do. Why should you have to worry that every time you turn out the lights the roaches will crawl out of their holes and crap in your Corn Flakes and eat you Constitution? Why not just get rid of them and sleep in peace?
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
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"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
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#7. To: Original_Intent (#6)
We can reclaim our government,
#8. To: X-15 (#0)
Is the Republican Party Finished?
#9. To: christine (#5)
Ron Paul - chairman of the Monetary Policy Subcommittee. He seems to have a lot of support. Let's see what happens.
#10. To: Cynicom (#7)
We can reclaim our government,
#11. To: X-15 (#0)
#12. To: Lod (#1)
#13. To: christine, 4 (#5)
#14. To: Esso (#2)
#15. To: Lod (#13)
I just received a RP mail pimping for more money.
#16. To: All (#8)
#17. To: Eric Stratton (#16)
Our Government can be reclaimed, but it will require a literal reversal of our national morality, which unfortunately is probably not on the horizon without at least a one or two generational transition in leadership if even then given the warped, evil, perverted morality that exists today and that is facilitated by technology speeding the planned demoralization along and into peoples' heads at young ages at lightspeed.
#18. To: X-15 (#0)
#19. To: Shoonra (#18)
#20. To: Original_Intent (#19)
The Spirit of '76 is stirring, and there is a new scent on the stiffening wind.
#21. To: Eric Stratton (#12)
In one form or another, ...
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#22. To: Lod (#13)
I just received a RP mail pimping for more money. Frikkin Lib Commie.
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#23. To: Cynicom (#15)
They started off asking for $400, no chicken feed for them.
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#24. To: tom007 (#23)
So you doubled up, right?
#25. To: tom007 (#23)
So you doubled up, right?
#26. To: Cynicom (#25)
. Are Americans willing for another fake race in 2012???
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#27. To: Shoonra (#18)
This year the Repubs cultivated the Teabaggers as their brownshirts
#28. To: Original_Intent (#17)
#29. To: tom007 (#21)
#30. To: Shoonra, oven dodgers, 4 (#18)
This year the Repubs cultivated the Teabaggers as their brownshirts to bust up town meetings and overwhelm the Dems at the polls.
#31. To: randge (#27)
If you want "brownshirts" get a load of activists on the left - try the SEIU on for size.
#32. To: Eric Stratton (#29)
Momma Grizzly!!
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#33. To: noone222 (#9)
#34. To: Jethro Tull, Christine (#30)
#35. To: christine (#33)
i'm giving him one more chance.
#36. To: tom007 (#32)
#37. To: Cynicom (#7)
The yoke is in place.
#38. To: Flintlock, *Dopey White Folk* (#34)
#39. To: Jethro Tull (#38)
The fact that they are all singing from the same hymn book is indeed illuminating.
#40. To: Phant2000 (#39)
It sure as hell is "illuminating". AND ... you can always identify the oven dodgers for us! MUHAHAHAHA
#41. To: Jethro Tull (#40)
Follow the trail of matzo crumbs :)
#42. To: Jethro Tull (#38)
this thread has both an ADL plant and Obama voters on it.The fact that they are all singing
The fact that they are all singing
#43. To: Phant2000 (#41)
You must have been a NYC cop!!!
#44. To: Flintlock (#34)
With a few exceptions, every RAT shill is OUT and about on this thread. Why do you allow this forum to be a sounding board for paid shills?
#45. To: randge, KJethro Tull (#44)
So's you kin kick their asses!
#46. To: Jethro Tull (#45)
KJethro Tull
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