How exactly is MNJ an “apologist”?
Just because he doesn’t want to toss the baby out with the bathwater somehow makes him a RINO wannabe?
I don’t think so.
What is tearing this party apart is the 100%’ers who believe that the Republican party will either bend to their will 100% of the time or they are taking their vote elsewhere.
It’s the Conservative version of what we mock at DU all the time.
But instead of folks threatening to divide the vote by going to Nader or the Green Party...the folks here threaten to take their football and go play footsie with the RuPalists or the Constitution Party folks.
Which in the end is exactly what the Democrats woule LOVE to see happen...a certain amount of Conservatives get pisse and stay at home...or vote third party...just like they did in 1992 and ‘96.
You see how well that strategery worked for us then right?
Excuse me, but it is the WH that is going against the majority of its own party. The Senate Reps voted AGAINST the bill [S 2611] last year 32-23 and the Dems voted for it 38-4. The House enforcement first bill, H R 4437, had the Reps voting 203-17 FOR it and the Dems voting 164-36 AGAINST it. Sensenbrenner: Bush Turned Back on Bill
So who is the odd man out here? Why do we have a Rep President going against his own party, knowing full well that it is a divisive issue that could split the party apart? That should be your question.