Comments on: You Just Know the Republican Party Will Screw this Up http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/31/you-just-know-the-republican-party-will-screw-this-up/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Libertarian Civil War Against the GOP Has Begun : The Pink Flamingohttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/31/you-just-know-the-republican-party-will-screw-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-686762 The Libertarian Civil War Against the GOP Has Begun : The Pink Flamingo Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:56:03 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10160#comment-686762 [...] who is calling the shots on just which Republican is “Pure” and just who isn’t?  Case in point.  Lindsey is treated like dirt by conservatives who absolutely adore Fred Thompson.  [...] [...] who is calling the shots on just which Republican is “Pure” and just who isn’t?  Case in point.  Lindsey is treated like dirt by conservatives who absolutely adore Fred Thompson.  [...]

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/31/you-just-know-the-republican-party-will-screw-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-686408 Jimmie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:22:02 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10160#comment-686408 And in 2004, his rating was a 92 (compared to an 82 in 2008), which means that he's slipped 2 1/2 votes to the Democratic side in just four years. There's a clear trend that he's running away from conservative values (Bush judicial nomination compromises anyone? Justice Sotomayor?) and toward his own counsel. And in 2004, his rating was a 92 (compared to an 82 in 2008), which means that he's slipped 2 1/2 votes to the Democratic side in just four years.

There's a clear trend that he's running away from conservative values (Bush judicial nomination compromises anyone? Justice Sotomayor?) and toward his own counsel.

]]> By: SJ Reidheadhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/31/you-just-know-the-republican-party-will-screw-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-686407 SJ Reidhead Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:07:02 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10160#comment-686407 Lindsey Graham has a life-time ACU rating of 90%. I gather that is not conservative enough. Funny thing, Fred Thompson's lifetime rating was just 87%. Lindsey is more "pure" than Fred Thompson, but you don't slam him. Strange, isn't it? SJR The Pink Flamingo Lindsey Graham has a life-time ACU rating of 90%. I gather that is not conservative enough. Funny thing, Fred Thompson's lifetime rating was just 87%. Lindsey is more "pure" than Fred Thompson, but you don't slam him.

Strange, isn't it?

SJR

The Pink Flamingo

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/31/you-just-know-the-republican-party-will-screw-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-686365 Jimmie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:35:49 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10160#comment-686365 I'd use my first suggestion as a starting point. Limited government makes a political career in Washington less attractive. I'm still not sold on term limits. There's something to them that strikes me as a cop-out, to give us a reason to pay less attention to the people we elect. Still, passing them may end up being the only viable option we have. I'd use my first suggestion as a starting point. Limited government makes a political career in Washington less attractive.

I'm still not sold on term limits. There's something to them that strikes me as a cop-out, to give us a reason to pay less attention to the people we elect. Still, passing them may end up being the only viable option we have.

]]> By: EricHhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/31/you-just-know-the-republican-party-will-screw-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-686364 EricH Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:25:07 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10160#comment-686364 So that the chance to grasp the reins of power is the _only_ incentive to work in politics? Are you sure that's going to attract a better kind of candidate? Better to impose term limits outright, I would think. State by state, if necessary. So that the chance to grasp the reins of power is the _only_ incentive to work in politics? Are you sure that's going to attract a better kind of candidate?

Better to impose term limits outright, I would think. State by state, if necessary.

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/31/you-just-know-the-republican-party-will-screw-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-686359 Jimmie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:09:14 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10160#comment-686359 It wouldn't be a bad idea if, while we were mucking the Congressional stables, we made sure they were a bit less amenable to a lengthy stay. I say a severe salary, benefit, and pension cut is in order. It wouldn't be a bad idea if, while we were mucking the Congressional stables, we made sure they were a bit less amenable to a lengthy stay. I say a severe salary, benefit, and pension cut is in order.

]]> By: smittyhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/31/you-just-know-the-republican-party-will-screw-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-686354 smitty Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:24:35 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10160#comment-686354 Again, the systemic problem is that the Dems and GOP are a permanent, Progressive, political class. Returning to any conservative, Federalist principles means that the alcoholic has to "go cold turkey on the kickin' chicken" of power. Again, the systemic problem is that the Dems and GOP are a permanent, Progressive, political class.

Returning to any conservative, Federalist principles means that the alcoholic has to "go cold turkey on the kickin' chicken" of power.

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