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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 449462" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p><strong>December 20, 2008</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Republican Party Sinks Deeper Into Oblivion</strong></p><p></p><p>Posted by Christopher Manion at December 20, 2008 11:36 AM</p><p></p><p>Blaming the party's collapse on "ideology," RNC chairman Robert M. Duncan <a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/in_internal_memo_rnc_chief_con.php" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">announces</span></u></a> a return to "ideas" that will propel the party to future victories.</p><p>Mr. Duncan does not mention the GOP's rampant corruption. Or George Bush's disastrous destruction of the party's credibility (or "brand"). Or the illegal, immoral war. Or the GOP's swarm of "experts" slopping at the government trough. Or the war-profiteers (more self-designated "experts") who even today are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30general.html?_r=2&hp=&pagewanted=print" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">paid to make the war last longer</span></u></a>. No mention of the neocons, Doug Feith, Scooter Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, Richer Perle ... just vapid inane nonsense.</p><p>What about the good stuff? Zip, Zero, Nada. Not one word from Mr. Duncan about the Constitution. Nor about Ron Paul, whom even the clueless GOP should recognize as its only source of sound ideas -- ideas that have been proven correct in practice before our very eyes. And "Thou Shalt not steal" doesn't merit a mention either.</p><p>You want ideas, Mr. Duncan? Here's one for starters, from the twentieth century's foremost political philosopher, <a href="http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/voegelin/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Eric Voegelin</span></u></a>:</p><p>"Socrates understood (what modern political reformers and revolutionaries seem unable to understand) that a reform cannot be achieved by a well-intentioned leader who recruits his followers from the very people whose moral confusion is the cause of the disorder."</p><p></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422074915/http://lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/024510.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090422074915/http://lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/024510.html</a></p><p></p><p>But to be fair I think Demonrats suck bigtime too!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p></p><p>BTW: Those same war-profiteers who destroyed the Republican party under Bush are now among the elite guiding the Obama adminstration so watch now as the shoe fits the other foot!</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="Rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p><p></p><p>I guess from here on out it's D-Con and TOS-Con. But then the word hypocrites mostly likely will work just as well!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p><p></p><p>Watch the hypocrisy folks! Some genuine, honest liberals are smelling the roses and speaking out <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100905115229/http://www.counterpunch.org/ketcham09022010.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100905115229/http://www.counterpunch.org/ketcham09022010.html</a> but I guess we'll see the party pukes continue to spew their green slim and defend it as being Prime Rib. But hey, the other side have done it since Reagan so I guess turn about is fair play. Sad part is while this 2 party death roll goes on, America, what's left of it, comes to a tragic end and we end up where we started. Under some type of monarchial empire whose days are a setting sun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 449462, member: 2189"] [B]December 20, 2008[/B] [B]Republican Party Sinks Deeper Into Oblivion[/B] Posted by Christopher Manion at December 20, 2008 11:36 AM Blaming the party's collapse on "ideology," RNC chairman Robert M. Duncan [URL='http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/in_internal_memo_rnc_chief_con.php'][U][COLOR=#0000ff]announces[/COLOR][/U][/URL] a return to "ideas" that will propel the party to future victories. Mr. Duncan does not mention the GOP's rampant corruption. Or George Bush's disastrous destruction of the party's credibility (or "brand"). Or the illegal, immoral war. Or the GOP's swarm of "experts" slopping at the government trough. Or the war-profiteers (more self-designated "experts") who even today are [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30general.html?_r=2&hp=&pagewanted=print'][U][COLOR=#0000ff]paid to make the war last longer[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. No mention of the neocons, Doug Feith, Scooter Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, Richer Perle ... just vapid inane nonsense. What about the good stuff? Zip, Zero, Nada. Not one word from Mr. Duncan about the Constitution. Nor about Ron Paul, whom even the clueless GOP should recognize as its only source of sound ideas -- ideas that have been proven correct in practice before our very eyes. And "Thou Shalt not steal" doesn't merit a mention either. You want ideas, Mr. Duncan? Here's one for starters, from the twentieth century's foremost political philosopher, [URL='http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/voegelin/'][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Eric Voegelin[/COLOR][/U][/URL]: "Socrates understood (what modern political reformers and revolutionaries seem unable to understand) that a reform cannot be achieved by a well-intentioned leader who recruits his followers from the very people whose moral confusion is the cause of the disorder." [URL]https://web.archive.org/web/20090422074915/http://lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/024510.html[/URL] But to be fair I think Demonrats suck bigtime too! :happy-very: BTW: Those same war-profiteers who destroyed the Republican party under Bush are now among the elite guiding the Obama adminstration so watch now as the shoe fits the other foot! :rofl: I guess from here on out it's D-Con and TOS-Con. But then the word hypocrites mostly likely will work just as well! :wink2: Watch the hypocrisy folks! Some genuine, honest liberals are smelling the roses and speaking out [URL]https://web.archive.org/web/20100905115229/http://www.counterpunch.org/ketcham09022010.html[/URL] but I guess we'll see the party pukes continue to spew their green slim and defend it as being Prime Rib. But hey, the other side have done it since Reagan so I guess turn about is fair play. Sad part is while this 2 party death roll goes on, America, what's left of it, comes to a tragic end and we end up where we started. Under some type of monarchial empire whose days are a setting sun! [/QUOTE]
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