It continues today. Over the past four years, the GOP’s sat silently as conservatives have been attacked.
Just off the top of my head.....
They’ve given credence to the left’s meme that right-wing political rhetoric was somehow to blame for Giffords’ shooting by joining in on the bi-partisan seating at the SOTU addresses.
During one round of debt ceiling debates, conservatives were routinely called jihadists and terrorists and there wasn’t a peep out of the GOP over that.
Nobody in the establishment challenged the lies that tea partiers spat on or called black democrats the “n” word.
Nothing but silence over the left-wing violence and intimidation tactics used against conservative reporters, activists, business owners, etc.
It seems that the GOP is glad to let the democrats do their dirty work. Through its silence, the GOP endorses it, because they detest conservatives nearly as much as democrats do.
You make excellent points which I had not thought about to that level. I think you are correct.
We pretty much know that the GOP-e, the country club types, hate Conservatives and it has been just as you say. Here we have been pulling our hair out wondering why the GOP never spoke up and let the Left’s lies become hardened as truth.
I think you are on to something. Which is why I have said in previous posts that Conservatives may have to withhold our votes in 2014 and 2016, lose the battles, in order to win the war.
Ever wonder why the last few elections cycles saw a RINO at the top of the ticket and then a Conservative as the VP pick? I believe the GOP-e will not tolerate a Conservative at the top of the ticket, but is more than happy to molify us for votes and put a Conservative as the VP pick.
Looking back it’s hard not to see how the fix has been in all along.
Look at the history of “Moderate” top-of-ticket and Conservative for VP and you decide:
1) George Bush Sr. (Country Club) — Dan Quayle (Conservative from Indiana)
2) Bob Dole (GOP-e) — Jack Kemp (the darling of Conservatives at the time)
3) George W Bush (Largely unknown at the time) — Dick Cheney (Known Conservaitve)
4) McCain (RINO) — Sarah Palin (Conservative)
5) Romney (RINO record) — Paul Ryan (Conservative)
That represents two decades (1992 to 2012) of proof. How much more is needed to know that we have been played?