Actually, that Republicans occasionally eat their own is one of the few good things left about the party.
One of the few things that separates Republican swamp dwellers from Democrat swamp dwellers.
The difficulty lay in the standard of evidence acceptable.
For Republicans, even when they are not hyper sensitized, the standard is in political matters properly a stink test no matter if it is a Rublicans or Democrat under consideration. It is true: in politics there shouldn’t be a presumption of innocence ... that really is for criminal matters just as it should be, but often isn’t in people’s zeal to get a pound of flesh out of the bad guys, in civil matters.
With Democrats they employ a double standard: when considering Democrats it is often that without conviction the evidence is not acceptable as evidence. Thus you see them tout the lack of CONVICTIONS during Democrat administrations. Simply: they do not accept evidence that can be given because it is not somehow proven in a court of law. The same is often true in theological matters as well: the evidence that is acceptable as evidence is so qualified that functionally evidences (which are acceptable) may not be given.
Conversely, the left most definitely employs a stink test in matters where us “not we” to their “we” are concerned. Thus you see the often speak about the many INVESTIGATIONS of Republicans (keeping in mind that Republicans don’t abhor investigating Republicans as a rule as they frequently have a fundamental break in attitude with Democrats when it comes to their own) as if proof, the occasional conviction or ejection from office as proof of a more general principal (of corruption), and in general the failings of Republicans are seen as hypocricy though them not caring about the misdeeds of Democrats is NOT seen as hypocricy. Likewise we see such assertions that women don’t lie about rape go completely out the door if the accusee is on the right (or “left”) side of when the seriousness of the charges matter.
So why does this matter? Well, Republicans still accept stink test more or less unconditionally ... this isn’t a bad thing; but, as Democrats (leftists) prejudice evidence, are frequently immune to evidence against leftist even as they are rhetorically easy going with respect to evidence against not-we this inherently biases the political and cultural terrain against non-leftist simply because these two groups co-exist.
The answer isn’t to become more like Democrats though, for two bads can’t make a neutral.
The left will be bad. As with the victim mentality there comes a point when you must let go of hope they will reform and just let the glue that we’ve hoped still binds us all fall away, for it has been some time that it has bound them to us except as a matter of convenience to them when conviviality in politics and governance serves their purposes.
Being deluded that old ideals of the common culture means something still doesn’t make it so and this is seen in how the social contracts the left speak of only grow in scope and invasiveness, with the sole exception of who is doing who or what (sexual escapades now basically being the best exemplar of the chasing after happiness many acknowledge) they never retreat or let something remain a matter not for government authority.
To this end we must NOT become creatures of emotion as they are but we must learn to accept incrementalism, only in roll back to their advance, and deal with them as enemies to all we hold dear, for politically that’s what progressivism has been (at least with respect to governance by constitutional means) since it appeared in the 19th century.
Don’t hate, just don’t care. Don’t tolerate what positive tolerance is demanded for. “Tolerance” is not a virtue even though it is to the left THE virtue, only challenged by a “niceness” that can be at once murderous and libertine even at it is practically puritanical when it comes to want of tolerating Liberty and associations that dares not need or want progressivism.
but to reject the left’s whole world view. To dissolve the glue that might give a false sense of having something in common with them by NOT CARING about their political views and wants, working to simply defeat them as enemies without the emotions
by separating from their poisons within rather than be poisoned by the expression of their ideologies. Not caring
I also reject the left’s world-view, to include Mitt (R)Money’s.
Oh, and I did not address the rest of your missive inasmuch as it proceeds from an invalid premise: That there are two parties in Washington DC.
Oops ... the last two lines shouldn’t have survived edit.
One of the few things that separates Republican swamp dwellers from Democrat swamp dwellers.
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WRONG! The Republican swamp dwellers are only trying to eat the Republican conservatives. This serves nothing but having what we have now. Years of Republicans winning yet still a mass demographic change in many states like VA due to amnesty and open borders. Increasing federal bureaucracy and Obamacare.
Call me when the R’s are eating their own in a GOOD way.
You’re off the mark big time the R’s weeding out their own. They’re not doing it to the ones who need it.
You make some very excellent points, though I disagree with your "let's not be like them" philosophy.
I believe the ONLY way to fight the enemy is on their battlefield. It's far too late in the game to fight on ours. We gave that up a long time ago.