Posted on 11/30/2011 10:27:18 AM PST by Bokababe
In the wake of the disastrous Bush presidency and the Republican defeats of 2006 and 2008, it was widely assumed that the GOP had repudiated the idea that big government could be harnessed for conservative ends. And, of course, in 2010, the Tea Party led a return to conservatism’s traditional small-government roots, resulting in the biggest Republican landslide in 70 years. One would think that settled the matter.
Yet, just five weeks out from the Iowa caucuses, both of the front-runners for the Republican nomination are strong advocates for a bigger, more activist government....
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The article seems pretty accurate to me....
Voters are easily manipulated. They see Newt say all the right things without the evidence or the history to back it up. At this point, you could train Hillary Clinton to speak conservative and there’d be some people that would buy that too.
Cain, Bachmann, Santorum. Those are the real conservatives in the race. If you don’t like it, then stage a rally in Wasilla and see if it works.
The article is dead-on accurate.
If you are looking for somone to fix the size of government, who actually believes in what our founders believed in, that is limited-government, you’ll have to look elsewhere than Myth and Newt.
Pretty much peas-in-a-pod.
“How did Newt help to balance the budget before? And what major entitlement did he help to reform? Newt has said he would have voted for Ryan’s budget. Newt supported an individual mandate at the time in OPPOSITION to government run healthcare (Hillary Care), along with Heritage and many other conservatives at the time. Let’s not revise history, shall we?”
...I have no hero's, but I loved Goldwater. Is there anyone that emulates or embraces this philosophy?
maybe Ron Paul deserves another look? I know he is crazy, but he is a small government guy, just saying.
This is why we are doomed. A President Romney won’t want to take an ax to government spending any more than Compassionate Conservative Lyndon Baines Bush did. Both pay lip service to cutting government — Bush outright lied about his intentions to cut government in the 2004 election. Its why the GOP collapsed in 2008. I’d rather have Obama than a government-expanding Republican in the White House and I’m dead serious.
“...Both Gingrich and Romney have long supported more federal involvement and spending in education. Both backed No Child Left Behind. In fact, both endorsed the same strange idea of having the federal government buy a laptop computer for every child in America...”
But its “for the children”. So all libs support taking your money to give somebody else a laptop when what the kids really need is more pencil and paper work and more exercise outside.
Newt has a record of governmental conservatism but also of smaller government. He did some good things and he pulled some boners... Cain is my #1, but if it is Newt, I will resolve to put pressure on him to follow the new Contract.
maybe Ron Paul deserves another look? I know he is crazy, but he is a small government guy, just saying.
Goldwater's 1964 campaign slogan: "In your heart, you know he's right"
His opposition turned that into: "In your guts, you know he's nuts,"
See any similarities in how the establishment fights back against any threat to their big government power?
Please put pressure on Newt to be a real conservative; I’m sure that will work!
Newt is another typical, establishment Republican that compromises too easily. He can’t be trusted. The GOP keeps putting up these lame, liberal establishment types and conservatives keep dreaming that once in office these RINOs will actually be true to conservatisim. I’m afraid it’s wishful thinking on your part.
The GOP has showed it’s too willing to increase the federal government even when it controls the Exec and Legislative branches. Only true, Tea Party candidates can be trusted to limit the federal government.
Thanks for posting this great article. Michael Tanner had many great statements. One of my favorites is as follows:
” - - - But for those with a yearning for a smaller, more limited, more constitutional government, this election becomes more dismal with each passing day.”
Lol, I like Paul, he is my Congressman and he is pretty good on spending. He loses me with his blame America foreign policy, even thou he does have some good points about the neocon nation building binge we been on lately. He’s a little weak on the boarder security/amnesty too I think, which is a deal breaker for me. But on domestic policy Paul is the best IMHO.
3rd Party. GOP & Dem’s are worthless.
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