Archive for the ‘Republicans’ Category
moving on — part 1
After spending part of my weekend with my fellow right-wing extremists from the York County Republican Party, the experience left me feeling more reflective on the current direction of the national party rather than energized about the good stuff happening on the local level. I’m going to try to put those impressions into words, but [...]
happy jackie robinson day!
Well…at least it was around the world of MLB. For the rest of the country, the discussion was about tea parties and the annual rite of passage for taxpaying citizens to fund wasteful government programs for all Americans. Another April 15th has come and gone, but nothing really has changed. The tea parties, while meaningful [...]
it’s not going to happen
Newt Gingrich knows how to say things conservatives like to hear. He can dish the red meat as well as anyone in our party when he has the inclination to do that. It’s easy to appreciate those who are speaking out against the policies of the Obama administration, even though we realize that reversing course [...]
what’s different
I don’t like federal interference in private industry. Have I made that clear enough yet? That means I would have been opposed to former Treasury Secretary Paulson, acting (I assume) on the orders of President Bush, putting heavy pressure on the head of AIG to step down after AIG received one of their many sacks [...]
ringing endorsements
First, we have EU President and the Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolanek, and his comments about the stimulus: From the New York Times (which has sounded rather sensible on fiscal issues lately)- The European Union’s crisis of leadership during the economic downturn was thrown into sharp relief on Wednesday, as the current president of the [...]
right on
We could learn so much from history if we choose to acknowledge the wisdom of those who have lived before us. I’ve been reading P.J. O’Rourke’s On the Wealth of Nations, a condensed version of the famous economist Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. Only P.J. O’Rourke could get me to read a book about economic [...]
michael steele doesn’t get it
This started out as such a brilliant idea — getting one of those “clean and articulate” African-Americans Vice President Biden always talks about to be the new chairman of the RNC. Then the Republicans’ grand plan started to unravel. The first strand was Steele v. Rush. Attacking Rush Limbaugh always gets you points with the [...]
nyet
All of the House Republicans voted against the stimulus package. Good for them. President Obama doesn’t need their support, and he shouldn’t expect it when the legislation being proposed doesn’t achieve (or come close to achieving) what should be the primary objective — stimulating the economy. This is pork-laden legislation as well as some tax [...]
sarah palin’s pay raise
She doesn’t want it. Maybe someone smarter than me can explain to me why pay raises have any relationship to fiscal conservatism, or the lack of same. If that’s the standard, there are no fiscal conservatives, at least in politics. Not many politicians say no to pay raises. In addition to that, there’s also a [...]
where we are
Most of the current leaders of the Republican Party are creatures of Washington who are completely out of touch with the values of the state parties and their grassroots foot soldiers. We don’t have problem-solvers. We have problem creators. While nothing can be done about advancing limited government and fiscal discipline while in the minority, [...]
