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If every member of the GOP under 40 would volunteer and go in the service, we would not need to keep recalling the same troops back to Iraq. Perhaps the President's daughters could lead the way.
Personally, I wouldn't want a President in charge of a war, who had the personal, emotional connection of having a son or daughter involved. This might cloud his/her judgement.
Well, he is stating the obvious, but William F. Buckley has written that the GOP is in serious, perhaps irreversible danger of losing total control because of the Iraq War. The 2006 Midterms were simply a preview of what is to come in 2008 I'm afraid.
I think this is especially interesting given Buckley's standing as one of the fathers of the modern conservative movement, at least from the intellectual side. Granted his words will be dismissed by current fans of Bush and other neo-con fools. But I think this simply show how the GOP has been taken over by religious fundamentalists and Wilsonian neo-cons looking to "spread democracy." Rational thought and reason has been replaced by faith and ideology.
Maybe it will be a good thing for the GOP. A true shellacking may cause the party to rethink the current track it is headed. Perhaps the true conservatives can wrest back control of the party from the wolves in sheep's clothing that currently claim to carry the flag as Republicans.
Restoring an old thread, as there's a major piece in the WaPo today on the mess the GOP is in, written by a strong conservative.
Title of the article: "Is Conservatism Brain-Dead?" and the author takes a serious look at the GOP.
This old thread is interesting in that what Buckley feared over two years ago is coming to pass, the GOP is falling totally apart.
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Last edited by Mike from back east; 10-04-2009 at 06:00 PM..
Restoring an old thread, as there's a major piece in the WaPo today on the mess the GOP is in, written by a strong conservative.
Title of the article: "Is Conservatism Brain-Dead?" and the author takes a serious look at the GOP.
This old thread is interesting in the what Buckley feared over two years ago is coming to pass, the GOP is falling totally apart.
Conservatism isn't Brain-Dead.
It is RABID.
"What the ancient people called demons, Jung calls autonomous complexes. These are split-off parts of the psyche that can compel one-sidedness, possess a person (or a nation), and seemingly develop an independent will and quasi-life of their own. Autonomous complexes can be likened to the rabies virus, which travels to the part of a person’s brain controlling the whole person. It causes him to reject water, for example, so that the virus cannot be spit out of the mouth. This is analogous to how Bush supporters reject the facts, which if considered, would cause them to snap out of their spell. The rabies virus ultimately controls and enslaves its victims, taking away their creativity and mental freedom, as it forces them compulsively, like a vampire, to further the propagation of the virus. Autonomous complexes work in exactly the same way; they can warp and destroy the whole psyche of the person (or nation) so afflicted, infecting the surrounding field in the process. Journalist Jacques Julliard of "Le Nouvel Observateur" recently has recognized this state of affairs when he simply states, "America has rabies." Once the virus has eaten up and consumed its host, it leaves him for dead and moves on to its next victim. Etymologically, the word rabies is related to the word "Lucifer. These autonomous complexes can't stand to be seen, however, in much the same way a vampire can't stand the light. Malignant egophrenia will shape-shift and do everything in its power to resist being seen. It’s elusive, mercurial, and very much a trickster. The disease obfuscates itself, creating any number of distractions to hide behind, and will even react violently to being seen, for being seen takes away its omnipotence and autonomy."
THE MADNESS OF GEORGE W. BUSH by Paul Levy (http://www.awakeninthedream.com/artis/georgew.html - broken link)
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