GOP Shouldn't Seek Approval From The Left

Townhall.com ^ | March 16, 2009 | Thomas Sowell

[Kaslin]

As if it is not enough that they have been decimated by the Democrats in the past couple of elections, the Republican survivors are now turning their guns on each other.

At the heart of these internal battles have been attacks on Rush Limbaugh by Republicans who imagine themselves to be so much more sophisticated because they are so much more in step with the political fashions of the time.

New Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's cheap shot at Rush's program as "ugly" set off the latest round of infighting. That is the kind of thing usually said by liberals who have never listened to the program.

Regular listeners to the Rush Limbaugh program or subscribers to the Limbaugh newsletter know that both contain far more factual information and in-depth analysis than in the programs or writings of pundits with more of a ponderous tone or intellectual airs.

Why Michael Steele found it necessary to say such a thing — except as a sop to the liberal intelligentsia — is one of the many mysteries of the Republican Party. Steele has since apologized to Rush, but you cannot unring the bell.

More important, the mind-set it betrays is at the heart of many of the problems of the Republican Party, going back for years, long before Steele appeared on the scene.

An element of the Republican Party has felt a need to distance itself from people who stand up for conservative principles, whether those with principles have been Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh or others.

[fnord]

got irony?

[Sopater]

The GOP has not yet come to terms with how they lost all those voters who do make a difference. Except, it’s easy to spot. Creationism, plus all its guises; and taking away choice, are big LOSERS!

Easily one of the dumbest statements I've ever read on FR.

[bcsco]

Creationism, plus all its guises; and taking away choice, are big LOSERS! Can the GOP spot losers?

Yep. I'm looking at you...

[PapaBear3625]

When you come down hard on Creationism, remove all doubt that you are a loser.

Count me among the losers, then. I find the Creationism threads here on FR to be an embarrassment to the Conservative cause.

Democrats learned in 1994 that gun control, while very popular among their supporters, was a net loser because it energized the Republican base against them and cost them control of Congress for years. Abortion control has a similar effect against Republicans.

[RJS1950]

Most of the people who are evolutionists already vote Democrat as it is.

A truly ignorant point of view.

[metmom]

Love the *Treatment* part!!!

LOLOL!!!!!

[metmom]

A truly ignorant point of view.

No really. Most evos keep telling us how most scientists et al tend to be liberal and are already voting Democratic.

Their word, not ours.

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed. Thank you for sharing your insights, dear sister in Christ!

[rabscuttle385]

[Dead Corpse]

If your first thought is "how do I appease the Left", then you are DOING IT WRONG.

The more they howl in protest, the closer to the mark you are hitting. I was hoping Steele would have more spine than this. I was wrong...

[WKB]

Seems to me “Lohoherman” would be a more appropriate name for a downtown
pimp for the dems and Oone

[Dead Corpse]

Badly written shell script.

Explains a full 14% of all posts by n3bie5 on the Intertubes.

[paulycy]

[metmom]

Count me among the losers, then. I find the Creationism threads here on FR to be an embarrassment to the Conservative cause.

Democrats learned in 1994 that gun control, while very popular among their supporters, was a net loser because it energized the Republican base against them and cost them control of Congress for years. Abortion control has a similar effect against Republicans.

What do we have here? A twofer?

[paulycy]

Forget the GOP. GOP does not equal conservative.

Exactly. The point of the Right is not to be the Left...they can manufacture their own superstitions, we'll stick to the facts.

[paulycy]

STOP FAILING THE TURING TEST. - ROTFLMAO!

[PapaBear3625]

What do we have here? A twofer?

I'm pro-gun, agnostic, in favor of lower taxes and less government regulation, opponent of the Welfare State, husband, father, and homeschooler. Make of all that what you wish.

[editor-surveyor]

If there were a Creationist party, and all its members voted en bloc, it would easily win every election, top to bottom, across the country.

There is not a single district in this country where the wisdom of creationism is not the majority.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for sharing your insights, dear editor-surveyor!

[Arrowhead1952]

DARN!! The DUmp must be out of commission this week.