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GOP -> Government Oppressing Party.
GOP -> Governed Oppressing Party.
Bi-partisanship in action.
Well, DUH!
Now for the welfare part of the welfare/warfare state. Lyndon Johnson was less interested in fighting a socialist state abroad than he was in creating a socialist state at home, but he fought the Vietnam War anyway to appear tough on communism, protect his right flank, and stay in power. Bush is the opposite. These days, Bush is focused on foreign policy. But to win in '04, he must protect his left flank and dole out the welfare. So, he recently said:
I support extending unemployment benefits and direct assistance for health care coverage. We need to prepare our children to read and succeed in school with improved Head Start and early childhood development programs. We must upgrade our teacher colleges and teacher training and launch a major recruiting drive with a great goal for America: a quality teacher in every classroom. Americans know economic security can vanish in an instant without health security. I ask Congress to join me this year to enact a Patients' Bill of Rights, to give uninsured workers credits to help buy health coverage, to approve an historic increase in spending for veterans' health, and to give seniors a sound and modern Medicare system that includes coverage for prescription drugs.
Even FDR would be blushing at this point in the speech.
Wilson and McKinley would have applauded Bush's "progressive" foreign policy, and FDR and LBJ would have applauded Bush's "progressive" domestic policy.
Thanks for this article. It was spot on but probably wouldn’t have survived FR scrutiny back when it was written. Patriotism and Partisanship can be blinding.
W. was not a movement conservative, thats obvious.
Sane libertarians would better serve their cause by joining the GOP conservatives and trying to take over the party. Join the Palin Putsch!!
Today we need to fight a socialist program being installed, and wannabe Marxist president and out of control congress.
direct your attention to the problem at hand!!
It’s true that the establishment Republicans, the Rockefeller and eastern elites are big government, but times have changed, and the Republican Party needs to change with them. This nation has gone as far down the big government, socialist road as it can go and still claim any connection to the freedom and liberty our Founders delivered to us. It’s time to turn back, and most Republicans are on board with that. For the sake of this nation, our children and grandchildren, the rest of the GOP better get their fingers out of government pockets, and join conservatives.
Not to defend them, but the press and the clueless voters demand presidents solve big problems, meaning grow government and spend more and more. And presidents #1 want re-election, as GWB did in 2004.
This is why I have serious reservations about another republican president anytime soon.
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Haven’t read this, just briefly skimmed.
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I forgot the name of who has the rino ping list. It’s on the tip of my tongue..so to “type”.
Great article. Republicans are nothing but a bunch of POSERS who talk a good game while Obama & other socialists are in control, but once they take the reins of power, a more centralized, abusive, & expensive federal government continues to tighten its grip over the American people.
Shame on them.