Posted on 10/28/2008 6:12:53 AM PDT by reaganaut1
I've long considered myself a bad Republican. During the Bush administration, for example, I've felt free to whack George W. and Republicans in Congress for passing big-spending bills, such as their pork-rich 2002 farm bill, the underfunded prescription-drug bill and earmark spending. But in 2008, I find that I'm a piker in the bad Republican department.
Enter Christopher Buckley, the satirical novelist and GOP legacy prince who wrote a piece in the New York Times in February excoriating Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives for not supporting John McCain for president, despite McCain's conservative credentials and unassailable character. This month, Buckley announced he would vote for Democrat Barack Obama for president, as McCain's campaign had rendered the former P.O.W. "inauthentic."
Republicans Colin Powell, William Weld and Scott McClellan also have endorsed Obama. On Friday, Limbaugh lashed out at Buckley and company, as he asked, "What the hell happened to your theory that only John McCain could enlarge this party, that we had to get moderates and independents?"
"Good riddance," Limbaugh said, to GOP moderates. In an e-mail Monday, Limbaugh wrote, "What I meant to imply is that moderates leading a conservative revival will doom it. I'm happy to have them — but not as definers and leaders."
Limbaugh should ease off on the "moderate" bashing. Buckley, Powell, Weld and McClellan don't represent moderate Republicans so much as they represent themselves — and a small universe of New York and Beltway conservatives who have not retreated to the middle, but simply bolted for the nearest exit.
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Clarify: Article by Buckley.
“a small universe of New York and Beltway conservatives who have not retreated to the middle”
The very same political cabal that caused the nomination of McLame.
McLame bucked their advice in choosing Palin and these spineless ba$tard$ fled to the opposition to “punish” him.
And even Rush is still whipping the conservatives for casting (not casting) “punishment votes” in 2006 and in this cycle. Rush needs a wake-up as to who the real “rats” are in the Pubbie party.
Who is this 'McLame' fellow?
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