Is There a Cure for Spinal Frailty in Republicans?

American Thinker ^ | September 22,2017 | Pem Schaeffer

[Hojczyk]

Various aphorisms address adult liberal behavior, especially that of elected governing elites of the left.

When Democrats have the majority, they rule; when Republicans have it, they hold office.

You can govern or you can spend. Wow – ponder that!

Liberals lust after power to impose their coercive utopia upon the masses and to indulge their favored identity groups.

Republicans would like to have power; they're just not sure why, or what to do with it.

Democrats play offense; Republicans play defense...and have a miserable record in the red zone.

Liberals accuse conservatives of preaching gloom and doom; the latter are too polite to cite the former's penchant for flim and flam.

Conservatives have been accused of voodoo economics since the days of Reagan, while liberals have promoted boo-hoo economics since forever.

More than 30 years ago, Lady Thatcher spoke bluntly to this stark difference in behaviors when she told a fellow M.P., "The trouble with you John, is that your spine does not reach your brain." This could be a vital clue to why most, if not all conservatives are unable to summon up the will to fight for the principles they claim to hold sacred.

No foolproof treatment has been discovered to date.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Focus on the policy agenda, which doesn't include guaranteed re-election.

You can't govern without power, but you can't retain power without governing successfully – and fulfilling the promises made to those who elected you.

Run toward the fire, not away from it. Both you, Speaker Ryan, and you, Leader McConnell, have to be the leaders of the moment you never thought you could be. Be generous in dispensing hormonal boosters to your troops.

[IronJack]

Yes. I call it the “dis-election disinfection.”

[hal ogen]

They really wouldn’t like the just cure.