I've noticed, since I started paying any sort of attention to politics [I'm under 30], that the Republican Party, as a party, does not strive for any of the stated party planks. The Republican party is the party which says it will do something and, when elected, does nothing; a prime example is that of firearms, Republicans get a lot of credit for the Assault Weapon Ban... but they do not deserve it: the AWB had a sunset clause and terminated because of it. This means that the republicans had to do nothing to terminate it, literally.
The same is true of the stated goal of overturning Roe v. Wade; when was the last time that the Congress did something to REALLY impact the number of abortions? This serious talk of eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood is the most they've ever done [in my memory]. {President Bush's Mexico City policy doesn't count: that's a person's doing, not the party's.}
If the Republican Party doesn't grow a pair, especially considering the massive turnaround of the 2010 elections, and actually do the things it says that it will do... well, in that case I have no use for the party at all.
[If the Republican Party doesn’t grow a pair, especially considering the massive turnaround of the 2010 elections, and actually do the things it says that it will do... well, in that case I have no use for the party at all.]
You’re one savvy youngster. The left calls the
Republicans the Party of NO, but they are the party of NOthing.
I agree...however do not believe that they will grow a pair. I also continue to worry just how truely hopped up on the job the new Tea-Party canidates are.