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| The Current Republican Party No Longer Represents Me |
| 2023-10-30 |
| [American Greatness] Over the past week, it should have become incredibly obvious to registered Republicans that the elected GOP and the party itself no longer represents its constituency. It began with more than 20 members of the party voting against Representative Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House. Jordan, who has been popular with the base and one of the most vocal members of Congress over the past seven years, should have been a shoo-in if the party pays attention to its base, but they simply don’t care. The second thing of note that happened was Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell simply rolling over for the Biden proposal to send another $106 billion dollars to our current "forever wars" and "other projects." Broken down, the $106 billion would mean $61.4 billion for Ukraine, $14.3 billion for Israel, and $30.1 billion for other projects like "border security," whatever that might mean to an administration with a wide-open southern border. There was no push back, no negotiation — fiscal conservatism be damned — Sen. McConnell just said yes to $106 billion, over $75 billion of which is for other countries — keep in mind, there was discussion when in 2018, Trump only requested $18 billion over 10 years to complete our southern border wall. Thirdly, there was war hawk and frequent strongly written letter author, Senator Lindsey Graham who led a bipartisan delegation to Tel Aviv, Israel for a photo op amidst the ongoing war. When questioned by the conservative news outlet, NewsMax, Graham showed a bit more of his true colors. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 They are of course waiting for all us whites to boycott an election so they can disenfranchise us all forever. It's sort of a prisoners dilemma. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-30 19:03 |
| #7 My first vote was for Gerald Ford and since then I have only voted (R) ...though there was that vote for the Libertarian Party because Oklahoma had a "No Third Party" poison pill clause cooked up by the the Democrats and Republicans. Anyway, as a young'un I kept seeing the Rainbow Coalitionâ„¢ on the Evening News during the Great Democrat Purge after the McGovern debacle. Now politics is something of a Zero Sum Gameâ„¢ and if the Coalition consists of Academic Liberals, Coastal Elites, Welfare Rent Seekers and "No Whites Need Apply" groups then where is there any cash for a white male Okie? So at least, as Raj put it, I am reasonably sure that the (R)'s may not help me but at least they are not out to pick my pocket 24/7/365. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-10-30 18:16 |
| #6 I dig that, tw. I subscribe to Howie Carr's rule for voting - who's gonna screw me the least? 99% of the time, it's a Republican. |
| Posted by: Raj 2023-10-30 14:29 |
| #5 Yes, but. The Republicans represent me better than the Democrats do — the Democrats have reached the point where they don’t want me to be allowed to exist. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-10-30 13:45 |
| #4 1994 / Gingrich was the last time the Pubs resembled something like a genuine opposition party. The Beltway might as well be called the Borg home world. After a 'Pub's first term, most are assimilated into the collective. |
| Posted by: Raj 2023-10-30 10:43 |
| #3 Anytime an organization comes along and wants you to join, the main questions are 'what do you get vs what do I get' and 'can I leave?' |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-10-30 09:06 |
| #2 We are subversive. I like being subversive. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-10-30 08:40 |
| #1 The Current Republican Party No Longer Represents Me Did they ever ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-10-30 07:49 |