Posted on 09/22/2017 7:35:36 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Various aphorisms address adult liberal behavior, especially that of elected governing elites of the left.
When Democrats have the majority, they rule; when Republicans have it, they hold office.
You can govern or you can spend. Wow – ponder that!
Liberals lust after power to impose their coercive utopia upon the masses and to indulge their favored identity groups.
Republicans would like to have power; they're just not sure why, or what to do with it.
Democrats play offense; Republicans play defense...and have a miserable record in the red zone.
Liberals accuse conservatives of preaching gloom and doom; the latter are too polite to cite the former's penchant for flim and flam.
Conservatives have been accused of voodoo economics since the days of Reagan, while liberals have promoted boo-hoo economics since forever.
More than 30 years ago, Lady Thatcher spoke bluntly to this stark difference in behaviors when she told a fellow M.P., "The trouble with you John, is that your spine does not reach your brain." This could be a vital clue to why most, if not all conservatives are unable to summon up the will to fight for the principles they claim to hold sacred.
No foolproof treatment has been discovered to date.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Focus on the policy agenda, which doesn't include guaranteed re-election.
You can't govern without power, but you can't retain power without governing successfully – and fulfilling the promises made to those who elected you.
Run toward the fire, not away from it. Both you, Speaker Ryan, and you, Leader McConnell, have to be the leaders of the moment you never thought you could be. Be generous in dispensing hormonal boosters to your troops.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Pundits and commoners often repeat Michael Savage’s thesis that “liberalism is a mental disorder.” Born Liberal, Raised Right by Reb Bradley argues (paraphrased from the cover) that infants enter this world with the behavioral trademark of liberalism: an exalted view of their own self-importance. This default condition survives and prospers into adulthood unless overcome by rearing that emphasizes the keystones of maturity: self-control and self-discipline.
Various aphorisms address adult liberal behavior, especially that of elected governing elites of the left.
When Democrats have the majority, they rule; when Republicans have it, they hold office.
You can govern or you can spend. Wow – ponder that!
Liberals lust after power to impose their coercive utopia upon the masses and to indulge their favored identity groups.
Republicans would like to have power; they’re just not sure why, or what to do with it.
Democrats play offense; Republicans play defense...and have a miserable record in the red zone.
Liberals accuse conservatives of preaching gloom and doom; the latter are too polite to cite the former’s penchant for flim and flam.
Conservatives have been accused of voodoo economics since the days of Reagan, while liberals have promoted boo-hoo economics since forever.
More than 30 years ago, Lady Thatcher spoke bluntly to this stark difference in behaviors when she told a fellow M.P., “The trouble with you John, is that your spine does not reach your brain.” This could be a vital clue to why most, if not all conservatives are unable to summon up the will to fight for the principles they claim to hold sacred.
We’ve begun to suspect that the underlying cause may be Advanced Hormonal Deficiency Disorder (AHDD.) A prominent physician and statesman has helped shape our thinking on this.
Former representative and senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma recently spoke at a banquet held by the Maine Heritage Policy Center, a free-market, limited-government think-tank. His appearance caused me to re-examine his book Breach of Trust. It describes his and fellow newcomers’ experiences as incoming House members of the Gingrich class of 1994.
Remember the eight-point Contract With America that so energized conservatives? Coburn’s experiences, sadly, took my breath away, describing how Newt, Dick Armey, and the rest of the established Republican apparatus demonstrated they were not up to the task of leading from their majority perch. This demoralized the newcomers, who had arrived with enthusiastic plans for a new era, but Gingrich and team were no match for Bill Clinton’s wiliness.
Since then, two similar episodes have confirmed this innate tendency and make it nearly impossible to have strong faith in conservative candidates seeking our ardent support. Here in Maine, after 35 years of single-party rule by Democrats, Republican Paul LePage, against all odds, won the governorship in 2010. Even better, his coattails brought newfound majority status in both the House and Senate.
A determined, no-BS non-politician, LePage knew what had to be done to reverse Maine’s economic and demographic demise. Sadly, House and Senate members, steeped in the ways of the minority, were unable to follow his lead and forward his agenda. Two years later, the majorities were lost, making things far worse. Still, against even longer odds, LePage was re-elected in 2014 and given a slim Senate majority in 2016. That majority is more feckless than that of 2010.
LePage likes to say he “was Trump before Trump became Trump,” and it’s largely true. Both of them are populists with a clear agenda and no careerist aspirations, and the entrenched governing elites just can’t cope with the lack of deference to their own sluggish, procedure-bound way of doing things – not to mention their faux collegiality.
Twenty-sixteen gave us a more astonishing winner in President Trump, backed with majority status in both the House and Senate. Yet here we are with a gang that can’t shoot straight or, even worse, find and agree on the target. The Maine and Washington of today cause grave concern to anyone who holds out for a conservative rebirth. Ending the progressive plunge into unsustainable governance and restoration of founding principles that underlay a free and civil society are ever more fragile goals.
Hence our belief in an AHDD epidemic that handicaps our would-be heroes of the right, robbing them of the inner grit to fully pursue their convictions. The most telling symptoms of AHDD include:
Criticism from the Senate majority leader to the effect that “the president hasn’t been in this business very long.” Yeah, that’s the point, Mitch! He doesn’t have the low expectations and endemic lack of drive indicative of someone who has been in this business too long.
Statements from the speaker of the House that go something like “Have you seen them? Which way did they go? I’ve got to find them; I am their leader!”
No foolproof treatment has been discovered to date. However, knowledgeable sources recommend the following to strengthen spinal reconnection with the brain:
Lead, follow, or get out of the way. Above all, exercise the leadership entrusted in you to the very best of your abilities. Timing is everything, and the time is now.
Focus on the policy agenda, which doesn’t include guaranteed re-election. If you aren’t willing to lose your seat for a higher cause, you really shouldn’t be there.
You can’t govern without power, but you can’t retain power without governing successfully – and fulfilling the promises made to those who elected you.
Run toward the fire, not away from it. Seek inspiration in the ethos of our first responders and the code of our fighting forces.
Both you, Speaker Ryan, and you, Leader McConnell, have to be the leaders of the moment you never thought you could be. Be generous in dispensing hormonal boosters to your troops.
Those of us too old and too ordinary to take the fight to the front lines of the Capitol and the White House are counting on you, and we sent you a president who may not shine his shoes, trim his hair, and sip his tea to the time-tested standards of Congress, but his will to succeed is unquestioned. You would do well to aspire to that same goal.
Hey! I resent that! I'm no pundit.
Nope. The GOP needs to be euthanized. FEDERALIST Party needs to be nurtured and grown. For The Children.
Spinal replacement.
Is There a Cure for Spinal Frailty in Republicans?
I bet 12 feet of rope would straighten it out.
Republicrats claim to support military values and yet you'd be hard pressed to find a hard nosed vet among them. Mostly they're afraid of being bullied by leftists and will go along to get along with the tougher, "take no prisoners" "form a solid wall" attitude of the democrats.
The threat of being primaried can be effective.
I use the message: “Back Trump, NOT the Chamber of Commerce”!!
The Republicans were not expecting to win, thought they were going to sit back and fill their pockets again with money for them, let the uni party feed them...
Meantime, everything was set up for the hag to win and now since that hasn’t happened and won’t ever again, they have forgotten they sold their ‘spines and balls’ to the highest bidder...
Election defeat is the only cure I know.
The Republican Establishment isn’t spineless.
They’re simply fulfulling their designated role in the Uniparty.
Lashed to a rail, and glued down with tar.
Or alternatively, something involving tar, feathers and a rail.
It would help if we started discussing the actual issues, instead of this pedantic nonsense about “Republicans” being a “spineless opposition party.”
For the most part the Republican and Democrat party are just two different brand names for a globalist cabal intent on looting the United States and surrendering its sovereignty. If anyone really thinks that John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell and Hillary Clinton are in different political parties they are not paying attention.
Spinelessness isn’t the issue, just try to get in the way of Paul Ryan when he tries to serve his globalist masters and you’ll see all the spine you need.
No cure for the risk averse. They must be removed and replaced. The republican congressional leaders do not have the personality type to accomplish great things. They are risk avoiders, not risk takers. Personality types cannot change. They will be that way forever. They must be replaced. We need Mitch first removed by any means at our disposal. He will always be risk averse.
Personality types are largely fixed by the age of around 5. There are distinct personality types, and you can predict how they will act in a given situation. See Myers-Briggs personality profiles for great information. Trump is most likely an ENTJ in the Myers-Briggs personality type:
https://www.16personalities.com/entj-personality
” ENTJ Personality (“The Commander”)
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Steve Jobs
ENTJs are natural-born leaders. People with this personality type embody the gifts of charisma and confidence, and project authority in a way that draws crowds together behind a common goal. But unlike their Feeling (F) counterpart, ENTJs are characterized by an often ruthless level of rationality, using their drive, determination and sharp minds to achieve whatever end they’ve set for themselves. Perhaps it is best that they make up only three percent of the population, lest they overwhelm the more timid and sensitive personality types that make up much of the rest of the world – but we have ENTJs to thank for many of the businesses and institutions we take for granted every day....”
(more at the link)
McConnell is probably an INFP, and will always be:
” INFP Personality (“The Mediator”)
INFP personalities are true idealists, always looking for the hint of good in even the worst of people and events, searching for ways to make things better. While they may be perceived as calm, reserved, or even shy, INFPs have an inner flame and passion that can truly shine. Comprising just 4% of the population, the risk of feeling misunderstood is unfortunately high for the INFP personality type – but when they find like-minded people to spend their time with, the harmony they feel will be a fountain of joy and inspiration....”
Roy Moore’s senate win over Luther Strange will do it.
Well boiled linguine ... get it right, they’ve well boiled linguine and not spines.
Many also are desperately in need of cranial extraction procedures....
Primaries.
But it’s the party leadership which keeps promoting democrats to run as republicans. Not sure how you change out the local and state leaderships, so that you get good candidates in the first place.
Great minds... not sure of the role of feathers in this scheme other than sort of frivolous and rediculous decoration [part of the original point of the exercise], irritating the skin of the recalcitrant and providing a layer of protection to innocent bystanders from the sticky tar.
“...The threat of being primaried can be effective....”
That can be somewhat effective, but the 12’ of rope comment above would certainly straighten out that “spinal issue” with no problem.
Bottom line: They’re gutless whimps only out to look after themselves....UniParty hacks.
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