Quote (Skinned @ May 21 2012 10:58am)
No he wasn't but during his first four years he had some opposition in the party, namely McCain before he drank the kool-aid.
Bush was also liberal in a few ways....NCLB was a huge redistribution of wealth from affluent schools into poor schools...it just had some flawed concepts.
Now the last of the old school true republicans are being voted out in primaries by tea party people and their irrational exuberance and the party is circling the drain...
Democrats are moving more to the middle. In a few election cycles it will be middle vs. far right. As usual liberals will have nobody to vote for lol.
Bipartisan means the resolution/conclusion was produced by a consensus of individuals that are ideologically from the left and right.
That's how I feel this year...
Quote (Santara @ May 21 2012 11:16am)
We need to get back to core principles. Self-responsibility, private property, civil liberties and the like. A new party would be political suicide, that's why we need to retake our own party from the Vichy Republicans.
And fiscal responsibility. I can understand true Republican ideals like this.
Quote (TopherJohn @ May 21 2012 11:22am)
Devil's advocate:
You're the republican extremest that the article is talking about. How are your values different from the current day Republicans? Same question but with Democrats?
(Not grilling/flaming, just looking for discussion.)
Because I'm actually a liberal rather than a moderate. Unlike oh, most of the Democratic candidates. :/