I have to agree here. Bob Dole is some old establishment hack that needs to go away, but he is correct on a central point here. The GOP controls the House and they're just trying to maintain whatever they have and constantly playing defense instead of boldly crafting their own legislation and presenting an innovative new path for America and daring the Senate and President. It's one of the reasons we got a slapdown in 2012. You can't run on "Obama is bad" without offering an alternate vision for this country.
Of course, the last person to do that is some 90 year old has-been who played defense himself when he went up against in 1996 (anyone remember Clinton's slapdown "I don't question Mr. Dole's age, I question the age of his ideas") Bob Dole hasn't play offense since his "every war of the 20th century was a Democrat war" slam in 1976 when the RATs accused the GOP of being warmongers. His wife Liddy is part of the problem too. Her losing Senate race against then-unknown Kay Hagan (in a GOP friendly state!) is another example where the "electable" GOP establishment candidate snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. That race was hers to lose and she lost it. If it had been a tea party candidate, the GOP establishment would be whining about it for years, but since it was one of their candidates, all is forgotten.
In short, I don't agree with the messenger one bit, the message being presented here has a large grain of truth to it. The Congressional GOP have been pathetic opposition lately and should hang their heads in shame.
“I have to agree here.”
Thank you BB!
“In short, I don’t agree with the messenger one bit, the message being presented here has a large grain of truth to it. The Congressional GOP have been pathetic opposition lately and should hang their heads in shame.”
Perfect. Sad, but so very, very true.