May 25, 2005


Oxymoron

Heart of the republican party. Jumbo Shrimp. Military Intelligence...you get the idea.

But leading voices among social conservatives sharply disagreed. "It's a rebuff of both the president, Senator Frist and the socially conservative base of the party by a handful of senators," said Gary L. Bauer, a former presidential candidate and president of American Values. "The heart of the Republican Party is as unhappy as I can recall."
It's a shame that the dark heart of the republican party is unhappy. I'm sad. No, really I am...perhaps they could cure their unhappiness with a short tour in Baghdad walking a post on the perimeter of the Green Zone, or in Mosul or on the Iraq-Syria border for 12 months with an option to be extended at Uncle Sam's pleasure.

I'd be more than happy to send care packages and bibles to them. 'Cause I care about the heart of the republican party, yo.

I have a good number of friends who say this all the time: "I vote(d) republican because I believe in Fiscal Conservatism and progressive social policy" (setting aside the obvious cognitive dissonance there for a second), who are now looking for a viable platform from the Democrats. They no longer see their leaders as Fiscally Conservative, and the Schiavo debacle makes them feel that they have been personally embarrassed by the Leading Wingnuts-on-Parade.

If capturing those disaffected republicans becomes one element of the strategy of our party, obviously we might begin to do better. Interestingly, none of them are particularly taken with the "republican-lite" crap from the Joementum and Ben Nelson crowd, they see it as pandering for their vote. Anyhow, just an observation...

posted by Jo Fish on 05.25.05 at 10:45 AM





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Now it is true that I believe this country is following a dangerous trend when it permits too great a degree of centralization of governmental functions. I oppose this--in some instances the fight is a rather desperate one. But to attain any success it is quite clear that the Federal government cannot avoid or escape responsibilities which the mass of the people firmly believe should be undertaken by it. The political processes of our country are such that if a rule of reason is not applied in this effort, we will lose everything--even to a possible and drastic change in the Constitution. This is what I mean by my constant insistence upon "moderation" in government. Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas.5 Their number is negligible and they are stupid.

President Eisenhower in a letter to his brother, Edgar. 1954

 posted by: jillian on 05.25.05 at 01:52 PM [permalink]

HL Hunt's son owns the Chiefs. The Murchison, later Jerry Jones owned the Cowboys, Enron's chief assistant Entergy bought the Texans' Houston franchise rights. Hell the Mellon(Gulf Oil) family had a son Andrew become a Secretary of the Treasury for Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover and allow theft of the naval Reserve in Teapot Dome Montana after giving kickbacks to the interior secretary.

Guess what- the Hardings also had a Secretary of State who was an oil baron in his own right- Charles Evan Hughes counsel to the Rocefellers Standard Oil.

So Condi-lies-uhh Rice actually is only following the footsteps of the crew who ushered in the First Great Depression.
get this: Harding's "return to normalcy" campaign was quoted by Frist when Judge owen the Enron overseer of Judicial Lagresse was nominated.

Joking about the level corruption, an insider's reference to the uber rich controlling a muckracking media and putting one over on the dumb, unsuspecting public.

Americans are the butt of the joke, republiclowns are the turd. Your party's shit stinks.

 posted by: Mr.Murder on 05.28.05 at 05:07 AM [permalink]

Stop making of us!

posted by: Mr.Murder on 05.28.05 at 05:11 AM [permalink]

Stop making an ass of us all!

 posted by: Mr.Murder on 05.28.05 at 05:11 AM [permalink]


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