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| Republican Suicide Pact - The Purity Test |
| 2009-11-29 |
| Things were just going too well. Just when a near-perfect storm of unpopular Democratic ideas - from massive health-care reform to terrorist show trials, not to mention global-warming hype - is coagulating over 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Wow. Kathleen Parker talking about global warming hype? Just when the GOP was gaining traction after gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey . . . Republicans perform a rain dance at their own garden party. Thus, some conservative members of the party have come up with a list of principles they want future candidates to agree to or forfeit backing by the Republican National Committee. The so-called purity test is a 10-point checklist - a suicide pact, really - of alleged Republican positions. Anyone hoping to play on Team GOP would have to sign off on eight of the 10 - through their voting records, public statements or a questionnaire. The test will be put up for consideration before the Republican National Committee when it meets early next year in Hawaii. It's a 'suicide pact' because she doesn't agree with any of the points. Each of Bopp's bullets is so overly broad and general that no thoughtful It means, as opposed to the Commander in Chief, who can't seem to make up his mind about following the recommendation of the guy he put in Afghanistan. Do we support all troop surges no matter what other considerations might be taken into account? Do we take nothing else into account? Does disagreement mean one doesn't support victory? That would probably depend on how you define "victory", Kathleen. Victory is better than going home with our tails between our legs, Kathleen. We tried that once in a place called Vietnam. It took a while to get ourselves right after that, and longer to get other countries to trust us again. Whatever the intent of the authors, the message is clear: Thinking people need not apply. The formerly elite party of nuanced conservatism might do well to revisit its nonideological roots. It's from the Washington Post. What did you expect? Just what you'd expect alright. Every political party has a core set of principles. You want to be a 'big tent' party, at least to 50% plus one, but the tent isn't so big that you try to recruit people who don't believe in your core principles (right, Dede?). Otherwise you're not a party but a social club, and social clubs don't win elections. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #2 Give the lass some credit. It's a step up from her previous magnum opus suggesting that Obama and Edwards make out after Edwards threw what little support he had to Teh Won's camp. Not much of one, but hey....progress comes in baby steps sometimes. In a few years, she may approach the confused brilliance of MoDo. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-11-29 23:42 |
| #1 there's no room for Obama-lickers in the GOP tent Kathleen. Take your stained dress and go full-Donk |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-29 17:14 |