tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245640.post6609449365476577749..comments2023-10-24T06:05:38.954-05:00Comments on The Thinker--or Just Sitting Around?: Republicans--the new Whigs? Or perhaps, the Federalists? Oh wait, I know...Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504383209010655249noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245640.post-90754706189004478382009-03-07T19:23:00.000-06:002009-03-07T19:23:00.000-06:00They'll Be Back! Much as I hate to admit it, the R...They'll Be Back! <BR/><BR/>Much as I hate to admit it, the Republicans are the party of the American Dream, literally construed -- i.e., "Since this is America, I'm guaranteed to get rich if I can just keep the aliens from getting the money instead, and make the liberals get out of my way."<BR/><BR/>It will take another Depression to extirpate that extreme version of said Dream from the minds of Americans. Only then will the Republican monster be slain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245640.post-21932956214805595372009-03-02T12:36:00.000-06:002009-03-02T12:36:00.000-06:00As a conservative who loves the idea of small gove...As a conservative who loves the idea of small government and balanced budgets it's obvious to me that this version of the republican party has given up all hope of being anything more than a sound bite concocted of lies and pseudo-slander.<BR/><BR/>I'd like the remnants of the neo-con/gasbag crowd to go live on a farm in Lalaland until the end of days. <BR/><BR/>We (conservatives) need to re-visit the stylings of Eisenhower and admit that Reaganomics was failed hackery at best. We need to understand the smaller government includes not trying to govern morality or religious belief. We need to reform a party out of people who understand racism instead of pretending they didn't know the watermelon joke was offensive.<BR/><BR/>Until then our country will have a two party system comprised of the ones in the White House and the ones in the sideshow tent... oh wait, is that a tent or Rush's moo moo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com