Posted on 11/20/2008 5:24:05 PM PST by lancer256
A good friend of mine (let's call him Bob) is convinced that unless the GOP puts abortion "aside as its focal point, it simply cannot win and regain power." That's especially interesting in light of Kathleen Parker's latest column, which disses the evangelical wing of the GOP.
Bob's point is that "we've lost a majority of women over this issue as they have become one-issue voters." It's not only liberal women but also others who believe it's simply not the government's business.
Kathleen Parker broadens the point considerably beyond abortion: "The evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh." Since the 1980s or so, says Parker, the GOP "has become increasingly beholden to an element that used to be relegated to wooden crates on street corners. ... The GOP has surrendered its high ground to its lowest brows. In the process, the party has alienated its non-base constituents."
I'll resist the temptation to respond specifically to Kathleen's uncharitable indictment of us knuckle draggers because I like Kathleen personally and because I want to respond to her and Bob's overlapping contention that certain social conservatives are dragging the party down.
(Excerpt) Read more at davidlimbaugh.com ...
> Well, then, you’re a fool. Some bosses are jerks.
No, the fool is the person who stays with a job when his boss really is a jerk.
If your boss is a real jerk, then you should be ambitious enough to be looking for a job elsewhere, rather than staying at the same place subjecting yourself to degrading treatment and grousing about it.
However, it has been my experience that, in the *VAST* number of cases, where I have heard, “My boss is a jerk,” that person’s boss is always a jerk, no matter where he works or who his boss is, which tells me who the real jerk is.
Yeah, but who would we use to sharpen our debating skills?
Yeah, but who would we use to sharpen our debating skills?
We wouldn’t be getting rid of RINOs, just identifying them. They’d still be around to sharpen our debating skills on, but they couldn’t hide any more.
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