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Karl Rove has become the very picture of “Establishment GOP” so beloved of country club and armchair political (or is that “poo-litical”?)types. But Mr. Rove is woefully uninformed about the aims and ambitions of the so-called T.E.A. party members, who have come to an undeniable truth. There is NO negotiation with committed supporters of the Current Occupant of the White Hut, NO common ground between Bronco Bama’s vision of America and the vision enjoyed even so recently as when Ronald Reagan was President.

Rush Limbaugh, though he claims to be no T.E.A. party member, articulates their point of view just about every day (except when he is talking about the NFL). Rush tries to keep dialogue open between himself and Karl Rove, and for short periods of time, during this dialogue, Mr. Rove sounds almost rational and agreeable. Then Rove goes off the air, and resumes his old message, which is “get along, go along, don’t rock the boat”, the almost guaranteed method to keep the Republican Party subservient to the wants and demands of the “liberal establishment”, because, doncha know, we are all gentlemen here.

The Bush years (41 AND 43) were a steady erosion of American principles, the first with apparent indecisiveness on domestic affairs (particularly tax policy), and the second with apparent inability to exercise a veto pen when it was most needed. The Interregnum, when the Former Occupant of the Oval Office 1993-2001 was so actively scrambling to score chicks and spread around a little populism, was actually a more conservative time for the GOP than either of the two Bush administrations. Actively challenged, the GOP stepped up and DID something with their majorities, unlike the early part of the Bush-43 term. Way too much time and effort by the Republicans then was spent on personal aggrandization and dipping in the pork barrel, giving the Democratz a wholly unjustified opportunity to speak of the “culture of corruption”. As if the Democratz never had any of their own.

Water over the dam now, can’t step in the same river twice. The current crop of Republican congressmen and senators are dismissive of just about anything the T.E.A. people propose as a way to get this country back on track and back to being the America it can and should be.

Fiscally sound, openly encouraging entrepreneurs to exercise their best judgment and accumulated wisdom, and self-reliance once again elevated to a virtue. Home defense and personal health are BOTH the primary concern of the individual, and no third party can in any way provide either in a swift, sure and timely manner. No size police force can respond quickly enough to home invasions or assault out on the street, and no medical review panel or remote bureaucrat can make a determination of the best course for preservation or improvement of the health of the individual.

And just who does this Karl Rove think he is, making deals about who and who cannot be a viable Republican Candidate? He has shut down WAY too many very good potential candidates, either by damning them with faint praise, or actively working for their removal from contention, to favor a more “complaisant” (but not viable) candidates.

Is this only because it is “their turn” for a particular candidate? Or is it an active campaign to make the GOP forever marginal?

The tale of the demise of the Whigs should be instructive.