The GOP and Ted Stevens: Lessons Not Learned
Following the Republican drubbing this election, the newspapers and airwaves have been clogged with party pooh-bahs wringing their hands and promising earnest introspection. The GOP must move in a new direction, they've said; the Republican Party must rediscover its soul.
Yesterday gave an indication of what direction that is—straight down the same path that's brought ruin. By 36 to 4, Republican senators overwhelmingly rebuffed an effort by South Carolina's Jim DeMint to impose term limits on its Appropriations Committee members. And this, on the 85th birthday of Sen. Ted Stevens, the (now former) chief Republican appropriator from Alaska convicted of corruption.
So the future of the GOP looks to be more of the same: Grand words about responsibility and change to the "folks back home," and more feckless spending and institutionalized corruption in Washington.
The GOP can mint new bulls like Stevens, and his legacy of willy-nilly bribery—bribery of voters, his own members, and himself—will continue. But so will his other legacy, confirmed last night after two weeks of suspense: He lost.
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The Youth
The GOP should adopt a few of the tactics that helped Obama succeed in the election. He embraced the youth of this country in numerous ways including the use of online engagement to encourage them to get out and vote. The younger generations are the future of this country and the GOP could revitalize their image by focusing some attention toward them.
America Had Its Chance...
Sarah Palin was a breath of fresh air - Not just for the Republicans but for the nation. Maybe she wasn't up to speed in national or international politics. That information is something that can be studied and learned in a relatively short time. A foundation of integrity, honesty, candor and morality is a lot harder to come by.
The national media abandoned their objectivity and became nothing more than witch hunters for the left.
Republicans and conservative independents need to find candidates with fundamental goodness of heart and selfless ideals... If they do, the difference between them and the "hard left" will become apparent to the nation - In spite of the propaganda of the secular, left media.
The GOP and Ted Stevens
What a joke. Republicans throw the creeps out and the Democrats re-elect theirs. Not to mention throwing cash is the freezer! His constituents actually believe that thief!
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