They’re For Life Except When They’re Against It: Observations On Today’s GOP
I am still having a difficult time getting my head around this, but it appears that today’s Republican Party is adamantly against abortions for the unborn, adamantly against health care for the newborn if their mother chooses not to have an abortion and lacks insurance, adamantly for letting an adult with serious health issues die if they lack insurance, and adamantly for executing people even under the flimsiest of evidence.
Have I got that right? Yes I do, but the question arises as to how the GOP got itself tied in such seemingly contradictory knots.
That’s easy: Obeisance to ideological purity no matter the circumstances, an unwillingness to listen to the views of others and a win-at-all-costs mentality as the GOP continues to devolve from a traditional political party to something resembling a religion.
When Bill Kristol is sour on the Republican presidential field in its entirety you know the 2012 election is still Barack Obama’s to lose.
His take on Rick Perry in the Florida debate last week:
“[N]o front-runner in a presidential field has ever, we imagine, had as weak a showing as Rick Perry. It was close to a disqualifying two hours for him.”
Politifact’s latest ratings on the truth of statements by Republican presidential candidates are out and show . . . this is simply shocking, that virtually every time Michelle Bachmann opens her mouth she is lying.
A grifter is a con artist, hustler, bunko practitioner, swindler, flim flamer and bamboozler.
Sarah Palin is without a doubt the very definition of a grifter as a new SarahPAC fundraising letter makes clear in asking supporters to “send your best, one-time gift to . . . show her that we support her if she decided to run.”
Well, I keep going back on forth on whether the Quitta From Wasilla will run, but it is clear that Palin has become an expert at milking virtually everything she does for cold cash. And if she decides not to run or makes a brief primary appearance before for bowing to the inevitable you can be sure SarahPAC will return the unspent money. (Cough, cough.)
I have written over and over that the GOP’s disdain for minorities will prove to be an electoral disaster in the long run because, like it or not, blacks and other people of color are the fastest growing block of new voters. Then there are gays.
Poll after poll shows that a growing number of voters accept homosexuality and a goodly number support gay marriage, both being anathema to virtually every Republican politician of consequence.
Not even so-called “moderate” Jon Huntsman supported the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Not “sensible” Rick Perry. Not “libertarian” Ron Paul. And not one of them except Huntsman came to the defense of a gay soldier serving in Iraq when he was booed by the more repulsive people in the audience at the Florida debate.
Finally, Charles P. Pierce at Esquire‘s political blog:
“It is not possible to run for president as a Republican these days without at some level having to become a parody of yourself. Running within a radicalized, self-contained universe with its own private, physical laws and its own private history, with its own vocabulary and syntax that has to be learned from scratch almost daily, requires an ongoing manic re-invention that can do nothing but make the candidate look ridiculous to people outside that universe.
“This is how we get Mitt Romney, with his $290 million, telling an audience that he doesn’t ‘try to define who is rich and who is not rich.’ Here’s a hint, Mitt. You’re rich. You’re filthy, stinking rich. You reek of money. You belong on a card in a Monopoly set, okay? Buy a damn monocle already . . . ”
10 Responses to “They’re For Life Except When They’re Against It: Observations On Today’s GOP”
You had fun witch, now pay the price. It’s not about life, it’s about consequences.
There are only two colors in America: Black & White. Exogamy is a wondrous thing. Those who think they are not or will not be one of those are wrong.
What is the ethnicity of the child of an Irish man and a Chinese woman? White.
What is the ethnicity of the child of a Jewish man and a Japanese woman? White.
What is the ethnicity of the child of a white woman and a Kenyan man? Black.
What is the ethnicity of the child of a African American man and a Thai woman? Black.
What a wonderful example of far left political ramblings that should be posted in websites controlled by MSNBC, Alan Colmes or Rachel Madcow.
Is this REALLY a site for Moderates?
Oh well, the far left believes in Abortion on demand that takes the life of a child (even if it is unborn), but believes one who has invaded a house, killed two young girls and their mother and beat their father should be allowed to live.
The far left believes that healthcare is a right, to be given to anyone on demand, without expecting any effort on the recipient to earn any benefits that they receive.
The far left believes that anything one earns should be shared with those that do not earn anything and have no desire to earn anything.
To some moderates, expecting those that do not pay taxes to pay something toward the rights and freedoms they are provided is not radical. To expect corporations and individuals to pay taxes without eliminating liability through loopholes is left wing. To expect social benefits to be adjusted through financially acceptible tools such as actuarial tables is not radical right. To expect education to provide all american children a good education by expecting teachers to know how to teach is not unacceptible.
Abe Lincoln was not liked by either party because his positions expected America to do what was right, not what was politically acceptible. Today, our government is doing nothing to expect America to do what is right, everything is what is politically acceptible. A democratic society will exist only until democratically elected officals distroy democracy.
RP:
A classic ad hominem attack. Please note that affixed to my byline is the word “Columnist,” which means I traffic in opinion, and mine sometimes can be edgy.
If I am in error factually, please point out where that is so. Otherwise you are entitled to your opinion and I to mine.
QF-
uh…(laughing here)….Ethnicity can be chosen, Race is not, and, Nationality can be chosen by an adult, but is generally defined as place of birth.
Nationality, “Kenyon or Thai or Japanese”, Could be any Race or any ethnicity.
African American describes Race and Nationality, not ethnicity.
Jewish is a Religion, not ethnicity nor a race.
There are about 200 Nationalities on the planet, and, Five Races. Ethnicity is numerous and spans all Nationalities and all races.
Man, YOU are one confused person!
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Oh and thanks Shaun…spot on.
“Have I got that right? Yes I do, but the question arises as to how the GOP got itself tied in such seemingly contradictory knots.”
No, but it’s OK since you are an edgy columnist.
We don’t accuse you of being a liberal, but we do call David Brooks a conservative and who knows what Maureen Dowd is, I guess an entertainer. Her stuff is often funny, which takes the “edge” off distorting any facts that get in the way. But, please keep up the columns, you raise interesting points and I wouldn’t want this to turn into a rightie site.
dduck:
This stuff writes itself.
Even without chemical enhancements?
RP; if you havent, read the TMV rules. Stick with the topic of the post, not the writer. The rules are enforced. Return to the topic of the post, argue your case in opinion and fact, and all will be well.
thanks
archangel/ dr.e
Is Barack Obama perceived as being Black? white Mother, African Father.
Is Tiger Woods perceived as being Black? Thai Mother, African-American (Usually partly European) Father.
Is Bill Richardson perceived as being White? Mexican Mother, White American Father.
Is Keanu Reeves perceived as being White?
Hawaiian Born Father, English Mother.
Race in America is purely a social construct, what people perceive you to be is what you are.
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You can construct it anyway you like, but that don’t make it fact.
If by “perceptions” you mean that many people don’t know what they are talking about when they describe such distinctions, you would be right.