Stephen Crockett: No Fun Being a Republican

[Jade Fox]

There isn't much new here, but I think Crockett describes quite well the self-destructive position the GOP has gotten itself into.

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1355

Some Republicans have been trying to distance themselves from Bush on a few key issues but are locked in a political death dance with their radicalized primary voters and severely corrupted corporate donor base. Republican candidates cannot win primaries without supporting Bush on Iraq. Candidates who support Bush on Iraq are going to get slaughtered nationally in the general election.

The Republican leadership and activist base hold views that large majorities of Americans oppose on trade policy, tax cuts for the wealthy, healthcare for children, no-bid contracts, torture, privacy, national health insurance, guaranteeing voting rights, punishing Republican politicians who are apparently lawbreakers (such as Scooter Libby), expanding Presidential powers, and many other issues. Basically, the Republicans on the most important issues, are opposed to the views of the American people. It seems like a poor approach to winning elections for any political party.

Minority rule can only be imposed by the use of political tactics that offend ever-growing majorities of voters. You can stop people from voting using various dirty tricks and illegal actions. You can corrupt the vote counts and obstruct recounts in contested elections. You can abuse your public office to serve partisan goals. You can corrupt law enforcement, prosecutions, and trials for political gains. You can lie and lie and lie about everything.

Under Bush, the Republicans have used all of these offensive tactics and many more. The Bush era was born from these tactics in 2000. They have used them relentlessly for the past 7 years fairly effectively but the results appear to have backfired. Moderates and fair-minded Republicans are leaving their Party in ever-growing numbers. Democratic activism is growing. Independents are leaning very heavily toward the Democrats in all the polls on issue after issue. Dirty tactics and poor policy positions have turned the Republicans into a shrinking minority. The more they shrink, the more they are reliant on dirty tactics and trapped by the radical, corrupt policy positions of those few who remain.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

1. Our poor persecuted Republicans.

Dead in the Water is where they exist. Drown!

[Demeter]

2. As If Destroyed By Fatal Genetic Mutations

the last generation of GOP candidates breathed its last on November 4th, 2008.