Posted on 05/06/2009 1:26:18 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan
The GOP platform in 1996 stated: "The Federal government has no constitutional authority to be involved in school curricula or to control jobs in the market place. This is why we will abolish the Department of Education." President Bush let Ted Kennedy write his education bill and he outspent Bill Clinton. I wonder what happened to undoing Roe v. Wade...what happened to getting rid of AMTRAK? It seems to me that the GOP abandoned limited government during 8 years of George Bush and now with a full blown socialist like Obama...is Conservatism politically dead? In 1962, a Madison Square Garden arena was filled with 18,000 conservatives and Goldwater predicted a wave of conservatism, but it is impossible to imagine 18,000 conservatives gathering in Madison Square Garden today.
The GOP took full control of the federal government and decided that big government was fine as long as the GOP was in control of it.
That's pretty much it. At least some folks get it.
Trivia question: Who was the first U.S. President to propose federal aid to public schools in the states? Which provision of the Constitution did he rely on?
Answer: Eisenhower; and he relied on the provision empowering Congress to "raise and support Armies." (The first federal aid to public schools was the "National Defense Education Act," which was claimed to be necessary to provide a population sufficiently educated to overcome Soviet technical accomplishments such as Sputnik).
You mean like the same promise that Reagan had too???
Just abolishing the Dept of Education or AMTRAK is no longer enough. The federal government’s growth is so far out of control that the States now face the prospect of systematically eliminating half of the federal government through a constitutional convention.
This means the end of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, much of the National Intelligence structures, many cabinet departments, renouncing the national debt, creating a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, etc.
It also means reducing the jurisdiction and appellate authority of the federal courts, renouncing many international treaties and obligations, returning much of the US military currently deployed overseas, and returning most federal lands confiscated from the individual States.
I guess they don’t mind being a minority party...as long as they control the remnant and get a few bread crumbs.
Time for a Second Contract with America. Too bad Newt is too busy with the DC party circuit.
Question answered.
Just a bunch of happy talk.
A federal department of education was in the socialist platform in 1912.
I think that is why they have abandoned support for conservatives and the GOP is going for the brand image as the “less bad” Socialist, er, moderate party.
>”National Defense Education Act,”
I have an idea... drop ALL federal funding of public schools EXCEPT specifically for firearms training classes... and the use of “assault rifles” should be encouraged, because they’re being taught as an aide to national defense.
And with sitting on the “global warming” couch with Pelosi.
...they don’t mind being a minority party....
If they get to play golf with the Dems every now and then.
“The GOP took full control of the federal government and decided that big government was fine as long as the GOP was in control of it. “
Thats about right. Years of wild spending and expanding government with Bush as the President and a Republican Congress kinda destroyed our credibility on fiscal issues.
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