Why should he alienate his base by gutting the First Amendment with CFR? Why should he alienate his base by declaring "Open Border Season"? Why should he alienate his base by signing massive new prescription drug benefits? Why should he alienate his base by proposing Universal Hillary Care?
The answer: Cuz he doesn't care. He doesn't have to. He is counting on the calculus that for every conservative he loses, he'll gain two squishy moderates.
I don't blame him, but I can't vote for it.
Say it again, Reverand!
We're not his base.
Why should he alienate his base by declaring "Open Border Season"?
We're not his base.
Why should he alienate his base by signing massive new prescription drug benefits?
We're not his base.
Why should he alienate his base by proposing Universal Hillary Care?
Sorry Laz, just repeating the mantra, we're not his base. Blackbird.
Bump. You have it bang on. Plus they have monopolized the GOP 'stage'. How many, many, many times also have we heard either Andrew Card or Karl Rove chortling, 'Where Else can they go?'
Interestingly though, with the almost complete collapse of his polling advantage, coincidental with his Open Border madness, GWB may realize he has been sold a bill of goods. Foolishly abandoning the bird in the hand for the hypothetical 'two in the bush'. The squishys are NOT moving to support the GOP. They never will. They will ALWAYS be told what to do by the NYT,CBS,ABC,NBC headlines.
This is why the 'moderates' or just 'undecided liberals' as Limbaugh says, NEED TO BE DE-PROGRAMMED of their cult-like allegiance to liberalism. Thence, we need a conservative at the bully pulpit, to do the de-programming. This is what Reagan did.