He has written these artfully as a pair. He has the main line thinking from part one that the great conservative Sowell has come to their aid. In part two, he damns them with the subtitle to Part II stating, “GOP Leaders ignore his appeal at GOP’s own peril.”
Sowell is nothing if not briliant and a tremendous communicator. He is showing the peril of the division and to get the old guard’s absolute and full attention, he ran part one first which showed the new turk’s shortcomings and discribed the situation and peril of the division.
Now, with the old gaurds avid attention, he damns them for ineffectiveness in the first place showing the need for Cruz and others of that faction’s actions.
In two parts, he gets their absolute and full attention to the weakness of the division and demands, by citing Hitler, that it has to be done without fail.
He is telling all of us on the right/conservative side of the spectrum to JOIN OR DIE.
If that's what he's saying he's wasting his breath. The GOP-E is a liberal, cronyist, big government loving aristocracy.
And, if that's what he's saying, then why has he attacked Ted Cruz in both articles?
I beg to differ. He wrote the second part after we accused the GOP-e of having no principle (on this forum). He knew we were right and somehow thought he could fix the problem.
He could have referenced many historical precedents where a rising tyrant plays the coalition partner while assuming all the real levers of power. The Bolsheviks did it in the nascent Duma in 1917, playing against all of the other parties, and finally striking with a virtual coup/revolution. It’s an old song, probably happens in every other south American or African coup and / or “revolution.”
Sowell is screaming “TYRANNY DEAD AHEAD! TURN NOW!”
I believe the real news is, what is happening right now is the GOP is involved in a huge struggle about itself.
There is a strong wing, which wants to keep the GOP for itself, and wants to cooperate with liberals in this regard. This part of the GOP has been winning for a long time, and holds a very large amount of power.
There is a growing wing however which says enough of that. There are some things we disagree about (trade, etc) but what this is about in part, is whether the GOP wants to stand as a true alternative.
Our current GOP is stubbornly refusing to compete.
It is not my decision, but I’m certainly ready to climb on board with the competition.