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| What Republicans Can Learn From Democrats. |
ETWolverine |
10/28/05 |
Hello all,
You all know that I am no supporter of the Democratic Party or the liberal left. But I do believe that there is something we can learn from them.
Party discipline.
The fact is that Democrats all tow the party line. That line may be dead wrong, but they tow it anyway. A good example was the 2004 election where Dems towed the "wrong war, wrong time" party line despite clear indications from polls that the vast majority of the country supported Bush on the war in Iraq. They were wrong on the issue, and towing that particular line was a disaster for the Dems in the election, but they still maintained party discipline. Even if it led them off a cliff like a bunch of dodos.
Compare that to the lack of party discipline within the Republican party. You have Arlan Specter threatening to rake any Bush nominee he doesn't approve of over the coals. You have John McCain publicly and loudly parting with the President on so many issues and threatening to kill cloture votes and nuclear option votes. You have the Gang of 14 making back-room deals without the approval of the party leadership (yes, I know, half of them are Dems, but the deals are ones that favored the Dems and push the Dem agenda forward. Its the Reps who have broken with their party). There's no party discipline.
Where's the party Whip (Roy Blunt)? Where's the party leadership? Why aren't they slapping these guys down and bringing them into line? This would not be tolerated on the other side of the isle, and we need to start playing hardball politics insteead of trying to find "common ground" or "moderation" or other such nonsense.
Your opinions, please. |
Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 10/28/05 10:56 am:
keep this web site bookmarked . I ave a feeling it is going to be usefull in the next couple of weeks .
McCain ? who knows ? In many ways he is more conservative than Bush is . He certainly take the right posture when it comes to spending restraints . He opposed Medicare expansion and those rediculous steel tariffs. He is pro-life and he consistently supports the war .There are alot worse in the party. He may not have the solid support of the social conservatives but I suspect he does well with the fiscal conservatives (although the big business Republicans may hold a grudge about the campaign finance law which btw. Bush did not use the veto pen on either ).
He is part of the Senate that plays by country club rules.The way they operate they are no more uselful than the House of Lords and a whole lot more dangerous because they can actually make law. Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 10/28/05 11:37 am:
Thanks for the website, Tom. I'll keep an eye on it.
Clarification/Follow-up by sapphire630 on 10/31/05 3:47 pm:
EXCon you could be wrong many believe the government manipulates the hurricanes.
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