Rush was right. You cannot defeat Santa Clause. No where in the Constitution does it give the right of the people to vote themselves money from the treasury, yet, welfare and other programs do just that. So, polidiots find ways to promise money from the treasury and people vote for them. You cannot offer logic when the other guy is offering thousands of dollars of cold hard cash.
We have taxation without representation. I get taxed so the polidiot can represent someone else with my money.
Well, to do it you have to make it clear to the individual voter that ol' Santa isn't going to be giving YOU any free stuff - that's his hand you feel in your wallet. And that will also require identifying the actual beneficiaries, which can be seriously damaging to a Republican's media profile and corporate campaign contributions.
To take the author's point to its logical conclusion:
Where are the Republicans brave enough to promise young white men they will not be hurt any longer by affirmative action?
Where are the Republicans brave enough to tell young people not to join the military until a CiC is in place who will have their backs and spell out clear rules of engagement for any military action?
Where are the Republicans brave enough to go into Hispanic communities and promise a hard crackdown on black-on-Hispanic crime, and to tell black activists who protest to stuff it - they chose their side a long time ago?
Where are the Republicans brave enough to send in US Marshals to arrest Jon Corzine?
Where are the Republicans brave enough to call for the repeal of the Patriot Act and the abolition of the Department of Homeland Security?
Where are the Republicans brave enough to continually act to further the simple principle stated by Rick Perry in the last Presidential campaign: “I’ll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.”
I'll tell you where they are - they don't exist. For the same reason LeBron James is not allowed to play for the Washington Generals.