By/about Gary Paulsen.
Posted on 09/02/2008 1:15:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
This week the Republicans gather for their convention. For four days, they will labor under the illusion their party is still relevant. It's not.
It is entirely fitting that the headliner for this masquerade is a feeble looking 72-year-old white guy who doesn't know how many homes he owns.
It's more than symbolic that when a million Americans are losing their homes to foreclosure, the Republican candidate for president has lost track of his holdings.
McCain surrounds himself with people like former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm who called America a "nation of whiners" and said we are only suffering a "mental recession."
That's the same problem the Republican Party has. It has lost track of what it used to stand for: small government, a disciplined fiscal policy, integrity.
In a way, the perfect storm of a rapidly changing population -- old white people aren't going to be in the majority very much longer (and isn't that who most of the Republicans are?) -- has combined with the total abdication of principles, Republican or otherwise, of arguably the worst president in the nation's history to mark the beginning of the end of the Republican Party as we know it.
Republican Congressman Tom Davis of Virginia said it best: "The Republican brand is in the trash can. If we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf."
It is so bad that more than 10 percent of the Republican members of the United States Senate aren't even bothering to attend their own party's convention. They recognize dog food when they see it.
And it almost doesn't matter who the next president is. We are witnessing the beginnings of a sea change in this country.
A wakeup call has sounded for young people who are suddenly interested enough in politics to
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By/about Gary Paulsen.
I’m with you. Its damn near impossible to be civil with these Obama supporters in everyday life. Morons, every one of them.
With that forehead, Cafferty could be Paul Begala's real dad.
I think it was NBC and yes, as others have posted, Sue Simmons was his co-anchor. And he's still apparently stuck in the 80's - ringing the death knell for the GOP. (Yawn). His theory in this article is just the usual re-hashed liberal tripe we've been hearing for a long, long time. The Gipper saved us in the 80's - remember Jack? GWB has kept us safe for 7 years, and that darn economy just keeps on growing. And now we have Sarah Palin - a rock-solid conservative who's going to be the next VP.
Maybe you and Joe Biden should plan on meeting for a few drinks on November 5th to talk about the old days - before liberal Democrats became dinosaurs.
Scumbag Cafferty got off easy for his little stunt:
http://www.talkweather.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10553
It is entirely fitting that the torch-bearer for the Democrats' lynchmob is a jug-eared high-yellow black guy who doesn't know anything.
Cafferty has always been a complete whore for the DNC. That CNN sees fit to keep him around indicates they are not a credible source of news and information but merely a PR outfit for the Democrat Party
Jack’s wife passed away unexpectedly this morning. Very sad.
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