Originally Posted by SamInTheBurgh

I'm not the least bit surprised by this. This is what happens when a party loses its way. The Republican Party has proven for several years now to only give lip service to the causes they supposedly support. There is no limited government under today's GOP. Spending and debt have increased to historical levels. Billions of dollars have been thrown away into a failed MediCare system, the No Child Left Behind Act which is not the answer to solving America's education woes, and to abuse of post Hurricane Katrina funds.

Bush promised to fix the solvency of Social Security to avoid its inevitable collapse, and yet, today we hear nothing. Bush promised to fix the tax code and make it simpler for all Americans, and yet, we have seen nothing. Amendment after amendment have been put up in the Congress by the few true Republicans that are still around to cut out the wasteful pork spending and they have been defeated overwhelmingly by a Republican controlled Congress. While North Korea and Iran get stronger and more of a threat every day the Republican administration does a song and dance, yet had no problem tearing into Iraq when certainly they were nowhere near the threat level of the Iranian regime.

And to try and take peoples' minds off of their indescretions, they shamelessly pander to the people with ridiculous Constitutional amendments that would prevent homosexual marriage and flag burning. If only they tackled the aforementioned issues with the same fierociousness.

People respect those who stand solidly on principles and are of an honest character. You may not agree with where they stand, but you will respect their honest convictions. The Republicans are no longer an honest party and their future vitality depends on those who believe in their true message to save it.

Originally Posted by drgoodtrips

Nice post

I would very much like to see the GOP return from its current state to being a party of limited government interference and fiscal responsibility.

Originally Posted by SamInTheBurgh

During the month of July, Just 32.8% of Americans identified themselves as Republicans. That’s down from 33.5% the month before and just a tenth-of-a-point above the lowest level recorded over the past two-and-a-half years.

Originally Posted by SamInTheBurgh

... and have a margin of sampling error smaller than a percentage point.

Originally Posted by iamwhatiseem

We think alike - I was thinking of posting just this when I ran into your comment.

Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois

BTW, iam, one interesting thing I read about Goldwater is that this guy sucked so bad (because he was such an extremist) that it allowed Johnson to run a very ambitious social welfare program and people thought that he was the less of the two extremes. Goldwater's extremism basically allowed Johnson's Great Society Program to go essentially unchallenged and undebated at the time. In reality, the country was far more conservative than it appeared merely looking at the results of the LBJ vs Goldwater election, as shown by local elections.

Goldwater had one slogan: "In your heart you know he's right." Countered by LBJ's campaign: "In your gut, you know he's nuts."


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Originally Posted by Rick Blaine

Back in the day when the Dem's and Lib's had tight control of all media. Walter Conkrite and NYT's were the king of the hill. Today though Walter is gone and the NYT's is facing one round of layoffs after another. Its a different day and the Dem's or lets face it the Loonies are out of control.