GOP - Searching for a leader
Anyone following the circus act at this years CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) can’t help but scratch their head and wonder what ever became of the Grand Old Party? When republicans turn to clowns like Rush Limbaugh and Joe the Plumber for direction, you know they’re in trouble.
One of their major problems, of course, has been the disastrous leadership of George W. Bush. How bad was it? I’ll let Andy Barr of Politico tell you. In a piece titled ‘Bush a four-letter word at CPAC‘, he wrote:
“Conservatives aren’t sure who’s the Republican presidential frontrunner in 2012. They disagree over how sharply to attack President Barack Obama and on the question of whether a back-to-basics approach is the path back to majority.”
“But if there’s one thing those attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference this week agree on, it is this: They don’t want another George W. Bush.”
“Few come out right out and say it, but they don’t have to. There’s no nostalgia for the past eight years, no tributes to Bush and no sessions dedicated to exploring his presidency.”
“Indeed, for a president who publicly embraced conservative principles, there is little evidence that the movement returns the sentiment. When the subject of the 43rd president has come up at CPAC — where he spoke each year of his presidency — it’s usually been in an unflattering context.”
Hmmm…not too surprising I’d say. Mike Huckabee, who many believe will run once more in 2012, said in a speech on Thursday:
“You know what kind of conservatives we need most? Competent conservatives. It’s when we lose our competence, that Americans lose their confidence.”
Right you are, Mike. And Americans discovered in 2006 that the current version of the Republican party was highly incompetent and they reaffirmed their discovery in 2008…and both times they let you know at the voting booth.
My belief is that Republican’s problems lie deeper than the Bush fiasco. It appears more and more that the party is out of step with what Americans want. It might be time for them to examine their core ideology and determine what parts of it are no longer tenable to Americans. Simply saying “NO!!” to every non-conservative idea without offering alternatives which make sense to Americans would appear to be a losing proposition.
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I’d have to agree with you on the lack of leadership for the time being. Unless one counts Rush, there’s been no one whose taken control of the party. It’ll change soon enough.
My dream ticket? Palin/Limbaugh or Limbaugh/Palin
I’d take either.
Palin ’12 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you a condescending person ridiculing American politics or are you just stupid?
Two nutcases running USA, it would be the end of this great nation as we know it!
No lara, I’m not a condescending person. I happen to be a patriot who fears his country is going to be destroyed by the socialist regime we now have in washington. What is it with you feeble-minded liberals who can’t see what’s going on before your very eyes? Your messiah is spending money as if it’s water to promote his ultra liberal agenda and you all sit there praising him. He’s going to bankrupt this country fiscally and morally.
My hope is that the damage can be reversed by the time we get Obama out in 2012 and send him back to the Chicago slums where he belongs.
Palin ’12 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chicago slums! You are condescending! Why are you so afraid of change?
Are you a patriot Rovan? Why not fear this country might be destroyed because of the neo conservative regime we had in Washington the last 8 years!
Who do you want running this country? The rich old money families? In our vast Country poor and middle class prevail , yet you seem so gung ho in electing the wealthy to power, who can continue to feed themselves and their kind caviar and champagne and give the rest their crumbs.
Why can you not give Obama a chance? He is taking over an administration deep in debt, he is taking the Country out of an unwarranted war, he is trying to deal with the Republican’s greed of the last 8 years and you seem so intent in wishing him failure .
To suggest the traitor Limbaugh and Miss Alaska would be better prepared to run our country rather than , as you so patronizingly phrase “Slumdog Obamba”, is ludicrous.
I never referred to your messiah as Slumdog Obama but if the name fits, then go for it.
You ask why not give Obama a chance. Here’s why you doofus. Because he’s going to kill this country. He has a socialist agenda and his plan will destroy the essence of what made America great. He’s about to implement changes in health care which will turn us into a European style welfare state. That’s why.
Palin ’12 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey rovan, do you have anything to say to the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and now have no health care plan? Does this bother you in the least or do you think the government should sit idly by and watch lives being destoyed? How does your conservative ideology deal with the economic crisis the nation finds itself in?