[ConservingFreedom]

repudiating 80 years of institutional development growing chains

Fixed it.

[BilLies]

The article is about the Washington POS... I have an extra T, do with it as you wish.

[jjsheridan5]

The Republican Party is tearing apart. But it is doing so over important things.

An excellent point, that is so often lost on the "can't we all just get along" contingent.

Defending the repugnant tactics and actions of Sen. Thad Cochran's re-election campaign -- whether ultimately found to be legal or not -- demonstrates for all to see that the only thing the establishment will fight for is holding on to power. There are no principles, no moral character, no integrity -- just a thirst for power that is unquenchable.

And that is why the GOPe is such an enemy (in many ways, the enemy) of conservatism. Conservatism is about the reduction of centralized power. It is anathema to those who seek power for power's sake. McConnell is the same, at heart, as Harry Reid (largely symbolic "conservative" votes aside). Because he is from Kentucky, not Nevada, he courts Kentuckian Republican votes, as opposed to Nevada's Democrat union supporters, but the differences between the two are minor. He (and most of the Republican senators) have gamed the system, and gamed the party, for his benefit, and his benefit alone, with no concern for the citizens of his state, principles, the nation, or the future.

An excellent article, and one which indirectly shows the role that Republican voters played in creating what is rapidly becoming the exact opposite of what this country was created to be.