Is the GOP Conservative?
Republican politicians regularly endorse the word conservative. Party politics is not necessarily motivated by conservative principles. The NY-23 special election and the endorsement as well as nomination of Dede Scozzafava by members of the GOP is a case in point. Some members of the GOP have even gone so far as to argue the merits of this choice. Where are the conservative principles in the GOP?
A review of one GOP member’s attempt to argue endorsing Scozzafava makes it difficult to believe this is anything more than a pathetic display of politics as usual.
Boehner said the case was highly unusual because Scozzafava was selected by local party chairmen.
Like either party would reject someone seeking membership. Boehner states the GOP wants moderates in the party. Rush Limbaugh seems to share the GOP take on Scozzafava as being the right move for the GOP. He also has been known to say those calling themselves ‘independents’ are liberals. Between that and what Boehner is saying how is ‘moderate’ any different than the word ‘liberal’?
Yet all this is supposed to be acceptable. Then how does the GOP explain Lieberman, Specter, Collins, Snowe and others? Those are just a few familiar names but there are many more examples. Either you support conservative principles or you do not. Either you support the founding documents and what they represent or you do not.
Here’s some more of what Mr Boehner had to say.
‘Standing on principle’ is what Mr Boehner says the GOP has done against ‘crazy policies’. You’ll notice the principled stand was limited to that. The GOP record on fiscal responsibility was also limited to ‘like we have all year’. Boehner would not want to remind anyone of the recent GOP fall from grace. Not endorsing Scozzofava or allowing the NY GOP to do so would have been the principled thing to do. Yet trying to argue the merits of supporting Scozzofava demonstrates the pathetic attempt to recover from an obvious blunder.
At one point anyone could have argued that John Boehner does nothing to support conservative principles in the GOP. Then there were some moments of optimism that he may be turning it around. Now, the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Congressman John Boehner has proven once again the GOP has not fully endorsed conservative principles.
Expressing conservative values or principles is not conservative if only done for convenience or political advantage. Most people understand that. Why is the GOP having such difficulty ‘getting it’?
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November 2nd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Scozzafava has dropped out of the race, endorsing her democratic opponent!
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/11/scozzafava-comes-out-for-owens.html
I guess she was either really ticked at Hoffman or she’s really just a liberal wearing elephant clothing.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:50 am
The “real” citizens, outside the Beltway, are pissed off about what has been going on for years. McCain and others like him are not what we want, or ever wanted as a Presidential candidate. I’d rather lose elections because we haven’t convinced enough citizens of the pragmatism of what we believe than to throw these “Democrat Light” candidates out there and try to trick voters into believing that they are better for the country. Lefties self-destruct; they always do because they believe in something that is really un-American in nature, is unsustainable, and is quite frankly naive and foolish. I’d rather lose a bunch of elections until the taxpayers and citizens figure it out for themselves than pacifying weak minded people into believing what is happening really isn’t happening. Eventually they will see what is going on. By throwing these moderate appeasers out there as Republican candidates it only moves us further left at a slower rate, allows citizens to “rationalize” what is happening is not really happening, and sedates those of us that still have faith in conservatives that we’re moving that way slowly and these “fill ins” will watch out for us. Enough! Make them come to us after they’ve been screwed hard enough! Palin and Bachmann get it, why don’t the rest of them understand? Have some faith in the American people. We’re not like citizens of other countries that have allowed this to happen. Do you actually think the American military and American law enforcement in this country will let that happen? We’re free Americans and it “ain’t gonna happen”. I’m salivating at the opportunity to arrest these treasonist bastards that are trying to turn us into a Banana Republic. They think they are powerful but they’re weak, they think they can fool the dummies but there’s too many of us that see what is happening. We need to worry about the fabric of our country and not worry about hurting someone’s feelings. Maybe I’m an alpha-male that feels out of place but I’m convinced we should face these bastards head on and fight for our free Republic. I see kids being indoctrinated and it pisses me off… how can anyone with the slightest pride allow that to happen? These pricks in Washington need a bitch slap!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Thanks for stoppin’ in and the commentary. For Dave B, one comment on your comment. Good job and it’s not X-rated but go easy on the expletives. It doesn’t bother me but I’m not the only one reading this.