Andrew Sullivan's take on today's Repub party - they are anachists not conservatives

[housewolf]

Worth the read, no matter what you think of Sully

America's Cold Civil War

22 Jul 2011 08:14 PM
America's Cold Civil War

The Republican refusal to countenance any way to raise revenues to tackle the massive debt incurred largely on their watch and from a recession which started under Obama's predecessor makes one thing clear. They are not a political party in government; they are a radical faction that refuses to participate meaningfully in the give and take the Founders firmly believed should be at the center of American government. They are not conservatives in this sense. They are anarchists.

Their fiscal anarchism has now led to their threat to destabilize and possibly upend the American and global economy because they refuse to compromise an inch. They control only one part of the government, and yet they hold all of it hostage.

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http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/07/america...

[ZombieHorde]

1. I think the article is based on two misunderstandings.

The first misunderstanding is anarchism. Anarchists don't generally desire currency based social classes.

The second misunderstanding is Republican philosophy. Republicans don't actually care for small government. They just don't care for taxes.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. He cheered them to power. He taunted and verbally abused

all who spoke out against the Bushco Iraq Invasion, openly mocking the protesters. So he's one to be talking. He should, as always, be begging forgiveness for what he has done. He helped put them there, now he calls them names, well, how sweet. The huge drunken asshole is a Republican himself.

[emulatorloo]

4. He had a change of heart. Just like David Brock.

[housewolf]

5. So in your mind

is there no such thing as seeing the error of one's ways? Is there only recrimination for the past and no acknowledgment of rejecting one's former life/beliefs/associates? Is there no such thing as leaving the past behind and turning a corner to something new and different?

[HereSince1628]

3. Yes as I wrote early we have arrived at absurdity via extreme partisanship

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1555649&mesg_id=1555892