biggovernment.com — Many conservative politicians, radio hosts, and pundits have repeatedly stated their shared belief that the Republican Party “lost its way” prior to the 2008 election. They may be surprised to learn that this is not the case at all. The fact that party leadership turned its back on limited government and low spending was entirely predictable.
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bartboy919Nov 29, 2009
The GOP lost its way after Eisenhower left office. This is nothing new.
smacksawNov 29, 2009
The biggest obstacle to progress and/or consensus is hypocrisy, isn't it? It kills both the left and the right.
angrydeuceNov 29, 2009
The GOP never lost it's way, the general public got tired of the bulls**t. People can only take so much "Do as I say, not as I do" out of anyone, let alone a political party. All the conservative mother's out there screaming for abortion to be banned, when there 15 year old daughters got knocked up, how conservative were they then? All the screaming about how we need to go to Iraq to fight terror whatever the cost, their son or daughter comes home one day and says he wants to join up...yeah, aren't so into the war now, are we? Clamoring that drug offenses are a sign of moral decay, and we should throw the book at drug offenders, little junior get's caught with some weed...aren't too big a fan of those "mandatory minimums" now, are we? Prayer should be allowed in school, unless of course it's non-Christian, then oh no no we don't want that radicalism in OUR schools...People can only live in fear for so long. Fear of each other, fear of the Middle East, fear of terror, fear of Government, fear of other religions...eventually people get fed up. The lies and bulls**t spread by the GOP as a method of control (keep em scared and it keeps them from asking questions) is rapidly getting contested. Obama is just a small piece of that. The general American Public WILL NOT TOLERATE a return to a system based upon fear. A small minority will, the fundamentalists if you will, because they already live in constant fear, a fear of God, and feel naked without their fear. rational, Sane people? No f**king way...
planet87Feb 10, 2011
Everybody is a hypocrite at some level? So, we shouldn't have any laws? Because someone might break them and become a hypocrit?
wosatNov 29, 2009
I don't play poker, nor do I gamble, so I don't have any skin in that game. The GOP move against online poker, however, is emblematic of everything wrong with the modern conservative movement. Conflating morality and legality only serves to grow government, reduce liberty, and alienate people like me who value individual rights.
rcook18Nov 29, 2009
The Republican Party's job is to turn on the money spigot for their corporate patrons and keep it flowing. That is why Republican administrations run up such massive deficits.
wosatNov 30, 2009
It's too bad this article didn't hit the front page. I guess criticism of the Republican party is only allowed if it's under-handed and from a left-wing source.