RE: Rank-and-file partisans...
Andy said...
Nice. But if you're going to sing the party song, you should use the approved lyrics. You're supposed to call us prima donas, hardcore unappeasables, and fairweather conservatives. I won't deny that there are a few of those, but the majority of us fall in the category of those who spent 25 years or more working and fighting to get the GOP to the point where we were finally going to be able to implement a conservative agenda, only to see the neo-cons show up and stomp it all into dust in a couple of short years. It isn't a matter of one election going wrong or not getting our way. It's a matter of working our tails off to get people elected who tell us they believe as we do, only to see them sell us down the river once they're elected. Then when we balk, we're told that if we will support the RINOs now, they'll get to our agenda later. Somehow, though, later never seems to arrive.
The more accurate invocation of Reagan at this point would be what he used to tell Democrats. He used to say, "I didn't leave the party, it left me."
This is just me, Andy, but in addition to the fact that the parties are becoming indistinguishable, one of the major factors in my departure was a long look I took at history. Without exception, every time the Republicans came into power, they almost immediately started doing very un-Republican things, going back all the way to Lincoln. I also realized that I had mistaken Republican conservatism for libertarianism.
Strother said...
I hear you, Strother, but you always seem to preach the partisan Democrat sermon. On the subject of the environment, taxes, the rich, corporatism, and the war, all your positions are straight out of the DNC talking points memo.
...when some principled people in each party don't get their way on an issue or an election doesn't go their way, they pitch a fit and quit the party.
Nice. But if you're going to sing the party song, you should use the approved lyrics. You're supposed to call us prima donas, hardcore unappeasables, and fairweather conservatives. I won't deny that there are a few of those, but the majority of us fall in the category of those who spent 25 years or more working and fighting to get the GOP to the point where we were finally going to be able to implement a conservative agenda, only to see the neo-cons show up and stomp it all into dust in a couple of short years. It isn't a matter of one election going wrong or not getting our way. It's a matter of working our tails off to get people elected who tell us they believe as we do, only to see them sell us down the river once they're elected. Then when we balk, we're told that if we will support the RINOs now, they'll get to our agenda later. Somehow, though, later never seems to arrive.
Reagan didn't quit the GOP in '76, and in honor of him, I'm not quitting either.
The more accurate invocation of Reagan at this point would be what he used to tell Democrats. He used to say, "I didn't leave the party, it left me."
This is just me, Andy, but in addition to the fact that the parties are becoming indistinguishable, one of the major factors in my departure was a long look I took at history. Without exception, every time the Republicans came into power, they almost immediately started doing very un-Republican things, going back all the way to Lincoln. I also realized that I had mistaken Republican conservatism for libertarianism.
Strother said...
I'm not a partisan Democrat, if that's what you're getting at. I'm registered non-affiliated.
I hear you, Strother, but you always seem to preach the partisan Democrat sermon. On the subject of the environment, taxes, the rich, corporatism, and the war, all your positions are straight out of the DNC talking points memo.
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