I find it really offensive when moderate Republicans accuse people like me of being purists. I’m not the one running for office on a small government platform. They want our votes, but it’s clear to me they are laughing behind our backs.
Why am I the purist for asking them to deliver some small part of what they promise? Have the Bush fans completely forgotten it was W who crammed the prescription drug benefit through against the wishes of many in his own party? Have we forgotten all the Bushes can’t wait to cram amnesty down our throats the same way, even as they lie to our faces by saying waiving penalties is not an amnesty? Why am I a purist for daring to state maybe America doesn’t need to be the world’s police? Yet, the Bushes and McCains can’t apparently avoid intervening in other people’s affairs everywhere.
All W did was expand government and he started with Republican control of Congress! Please show me where I’m wrong. I ask again. How did the party of small government deliver smaller government? They had their opportunity and the truth came out. They lied to us. People like Boehner have no intention of EVER making significant cuts.
Again. The Republicans finally held Congress and the Presidency under W, and what did they do? They squandered decades of effort by conservatives to reverse the expansion of government. Result: President Obama.
No. I say the Bushes are out of touch patricians who deserve no loyalty whatsoever from conservatives. They are part of the problem, not a solution to this nation’s ills.