Fair enough, and I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t thought the same thing. Is it time to break away? The reason I ask is that it actually seems like some progress is possible in the old wineskin of the GOP. Cantor getting creamed, Cochran probably getting the same, possible pickups elsewhere. I don’t know. It’s the same conundrum I have as a member of a mainline Protestant church. Why do we have to leave? Why can’t we make them leave? They’re wrong.
I think Palin said that in order to gauge her influence by the reaction to it. If so, that’s very shrewd. She’s not doing anything until after these mid-terms.
“Is it time to break away?”
I’ve never been a member of the gop, so I’m probably not the best person to ask. I support their very few good candidates from time to time and have voted in Virginia open primaries when appropriate but that’s about it. If there isn’t a good (read conservative) candidate running, I no longer show up for primaries or general elections.
From my perspective there is little if any difference between the gop and rats in the way they govern. I usually refer to the gop and rats as collaborating factions In a uniparty. So I really have a hard time grasping the affection that people seem to feel for either faction. To me it’s kind of like having a preference for one criminal gang over the other: MS 13 is just so much better than the crips!
I do not see meaningful progress as being possible in either faction. Old wineskin? We’re talking decayed and rotted wine skins. While I was personally delighted to see the weasel get the bums rush, the thing to remember is that for every time something like that happens, 20 other uniparty hacks win their seat. It’s a battle of attrition and we’re not winning it.
I realize that I paint a very dark picture. But I think it’s largely accurate. And strange as it may be, seeing things as they are versus how you wish they were opens up a lot of doors.