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Come on man, you pick out the Graham/McCain/Romney axis to damn the whole party? Listen, you know me, I'm the furthest thing from a party apologist there is but we all know who the bad apples are. It's specious to condemn the couple hundred GOP congressmen because of Grahamnesty and McCain.
I don't condemn Libertarianism because I think Paul and Rockwell are kooky, nor could I, because it would likewise be transparently specious.
See the last sentence in the post. For that matter, tell me when, in my lifetime, the Republican Party ever did anything to limit government.
You have to be careful when it comes to choosing between a less conservative Republican and your average (or even "conservative") Democrat. While it's frustrating when Republicans are part of the problem, the solution is not to teach them a lesson by letting the more liberal Democrat win. We can try to nominate Republicans more to our liking (assuming they have a reasonable chance at winning), but failing that, we must back one of the existing parties and seek to change it from the inside similar to what is happening with the Republicans now on a macro scale. Each Republican, even if some are too eager to cooperate with Democrats, is still another caucusing Republican vote. We need as many of these as possible if we hope to overturn most of what the Democrats are doing.
Sorry, but I don't see a point in voting for anyone who isn't committed to limiting government. The government has grown in both size and scope every year of my life. Republican administrations and Republican congressional majorities included.
Slowing down the growth is a myth.
Graham is a major embarassment to the Republicans, and he probably doesn't even know it. He's one of the reasons the Tea Party folks are so careful to say they are independent.
He's working to help the Demcrats secure an unbeatable margin of electability by pushing immigration reform, making another 40 million Democratically-purchased voters on the roles. And diluting my vote.
I keep getting fundraising materials from the RNC. So long as they keep assclowns like Graham, they're wasting their fundraising dollars.
It is time to dump them all and start over. Most of the names in Congress are why we are here. So why are we still voting them in?
I agree with both CL and Russ. !
CL is right that the current GOP has done nothing to limit the growth of government. GWB was a big government guy. GHWB was a big government guy. Reagan tried but was steamrollered by the big government Republicans in Congress. Nixon should have been a Democrat for all the idiocy he pushed. Ike? An affable fellow but not conservative. Herbert Hoover? Before my time. Teddy Roosevelt? A proto-RINO. Yes, the rot goes way back.
But Russ is right too - change has to come from within. The conservative uprising will sweep some real small government folks into office. And some namby pamby squishy RINOs will come along for the ride. The new guys can show the old guard the way to the promised land. Our job is to make sure the new blood isn't subverted by the "go along to get along" Republicans we've got now (Mitch McConnell I'm pointing at you).
Look what's happening here in Jersey. Chris Christie is preaching fiscal responsibility. And he's taking decisive action. He's one guy. But the message is sinking in. Even Democrats are starting to climb on the spending restraint bandwagon!
What it takes is strong leadership and adherence to principle. If we can elect Tea Partyers or good conservatives to Congress they can drag the RINOs back onto the reservation.
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