Power in Washington is shifting

Washington Times ^ | 11/26/03 | Tony Blankley

[kattracks]

The passage of the Republican Party's Medicare/prescription drug bill

[boris]

The remaining loyal Democrats will sound ever more shrill and thus unfit to govern -- pungent adjectives being the last resort of a minority party. So, the political center of gravity in Washington will continue to shift toward the Republicans. And, the longer this process continues, the harder it will be for the Democrats to regain power -- as the Republicans have learned by their bitter experience of the last half century.

...Until all that 'diversity' and multiculturalism and illegal-immigrant voting kicks in, after which there won't be a Republican party.

--Boris

[ZULU]

But Republicans should not forget that of which the Romans used to remind themselves: Sic transit gloria mundi (the glories of this world are fleeting.)


Here's ANOTHER one for the Democrats:

Vae Victis!! (Woe to the vanquished) The Republicnas should keep that in mind. It might help them find their testacles.

[Reagan Man]

The passage of the Republican Party's Medicare/prescription drug bill...

The passage of this bill isn't a victory for the GOP or conservatism. It's a victory for political centrism and moderation, which isn't a victory at all.

[lilylangtree]

Get them coming! They're informative and keeps us up-to-date.

[pgkdan]

And, once one is in control of the whole shebang, there is little motivation to shrink said shebang, is there...???

You got that right!

Look at prescription drugs. But this is a GOOD entitlement program...it's OUR entitlement program. Good ole Barry Goldwater's spinning in his grave.

[pgkdan]

Eleanor Clift. The most shrill wench on the tube.

[okie01]

"Once control is firmly locked in, it is our duty to hold their feet to the fire and demand said shrinkage..."

You are absolutely correct. Why do I think, though, that this step might be even harder than gaining control in the first place?

Nothing so assuages the appetite of a politician than pork...and re-election.

[suzyq5558]

miss marple i did read the excerpt. fantastic! iam going to order the book now. i have a better understanding of the confusion of some around here now.

personally im in this for the long haul with the republican party,it took many yrs. for things to get to this state and it will take yrs. for things to get better.

you cant just throw your hands up and stomp off when things dont look good ,no you put your nose to grindstone and keep on going.

[WaterDragon]

The Democrats, according to most analyses (and according to Zell Miller) are completely dominated by special interest groups -- unions, advocacy groups, trial lawyers, etc -- and are so out of touch with working Americans as well as completely contemptuous of us, that they are increasingly irrelevant to America. They're interested in power and control -- ruling -- not in governing.

[Ohioan]

I looked this over twice, but failed to find anything in it, which suggested the pursuit of fundamental American principles, or any commitment to the heritage that is sacred to most Conservatives.

What the writer describes is a form of exploitative gamesmanship, where parties use the public trust as a means to gain advantage over the other party--the absolute antithesis of the Washingtonian concept, which brought together the best men available, to provide an incorruptible approach to that public trust.

This is not a celebration of a return to Washington's admonition that "Honesty is always the best policy," so sorely needed after the Clintonian excesses. This is a celebration of the idea of Republicans becoming as morally debased as the Democrats. But consider the prime example--the contemptible extension of Medicare! Do you--does anyone--not see that it was not statesmanship to keep the other party in the dark as to what was being provided in a Bill over 1,000 pages long? How are you going to have a meaningful debate over that? How can anyone who sees public office as a public trust, justify ramming such a Bill through in such a manner? What the writer applauds is nothing but a repetition of the same sort of political shannanigans which FDR and LBJ, as well as WJC, foisted upon us.

Why, should I, as an Ohio lawyer dedicated to the sanctity of the Constitutional framework for the American Government, take comfort in the idea that the Washington law firms that prey on the fruits of the excessive build up of Government in Washington, are becoming more Republican? Why should I, who have fought against the trend towards bigger and bigger Government and a less responsible citizenry, take comfort in the fact that the leaches sucking the vitals of the Republic are shifting parties? What is needed is to pull them off, not convert them.

I would again remind those who embrace this approach, however, what I pointed out earlier today, in another thread. When Roosevelt made his big swing to the Left, he did so right after taking office in March, 1933. He had almost four years to build his new coalition. Bush is swinging to the Left a year before the next election. That is very, very foolish. He needs to be rid of Karl Rove, before he gets completely blind-sided by the swirls and eddies that Rovian tunnel vision are going to embroil us all in.

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[ladyinred]

I do want us to get the ordinary little mom and pop democrats out there, I used to be one. They have been democrats their entire lives and so were their parents, but the party has gone so far to the left that they have to leave it.

The RATS are a different matter entirely, and I don't think we will ever get them, unless they feel that the Republican party is the one to use to spread their socialism.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Good-bye...................

[MeekOneGOP]

The Democrats [a]re interested in power and control -- ruling -- not in governing.

That is exactly right !

Exposed: Pelosi's Socialist Ties

Pelosi leader of 'Progressive Caucus'

From those links, these excerpts ...

"DSA/USA, the 'Democratic Socialists of America' are the U.S. arm of the Socialist International. They share the symbol of the fist holding the rose, and they share the tasks to be accomplished — in our case, an altogether different America ...

"Some time ago — the date is missing from the descriptions — 58 members of the U.S. House of Representatives formed a subdivision of the Democratic Socialists of America and called it the Progressive Caucus. Their statement of purpose, as well as their membership list, formed an integral part of the dsausa Web site (www.dsausa.org ). The membership list appeared on the screen with the continuous background of the fist holding the rose, should anyone have missed the connection with the Socialist International."

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the likely [she is now] new minority leader in the House of Representatives, serves on the executive committee of the socialist-leaning Progressive Caucus, a bloc of about 60 votes or nearly 30 percent of the minority vote in the lower chamber.

The Democratic Socialists of America's chief organizing goal is to work within the Democratic Party and remove the stigma attached to "socialism" in the eyes of most Americans.

"Stress our Democratic Party strategy and electoral work," explains an organizing document of the DSA. "The Democratic Party is something the public understands, and association with it takes the edge off. Stressing our Democratic Party work will establish some distance from the radical subculture and help integrate you to the milieu of the young liberals."

Progressive Caucus

[WaterDragon]

altogether different America ...

Yes, that is their goal, and that's why we HAVE to defeat them next year, re-elect Bush and elect MORE Republicans to Congress. Thanks for a great post and links, MnM!

[texastoo]

Good post. I agree. I am beginning to think the Republican party has left me.

[MeekOneGOP]

My goal ...

[WaterDragon]

Great graphics, MnM!

[Lurker]

Actually, it isn't.

Power isn't shifting from one party to another. What's happening is that power is being further concentrated into Washington DC.

And that should scare anyone.

L