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The GOP gathers: A herd of sheeple
A "chance"? A "choice"? "Lincoln's legacy"? Come now.
Federal spending is out of control.
The distribution of pork has reached obscene levels.
The just-passed highways bill is an embarrassment.
The energy bill isn't any better. (To wit, support for ethanol -- which takes more energy to make than it produces -- is idiocy incarnate.)
The Medicare prescription drug plan is a 10-pound sledgehammer driving a finishing nail.
Social Security reform? Rationalized, diluted and largely shelved.
Immigration policy? Confused, misguided and a threat to national security.
This isn't the work of conservatives; it's the work of a Republican Party that has forgotten what conservatism is.
The highest service Republican muckety-mucks gathered here could perform for their party is to say "Enough!" and demand that the Party of Lincoln be returned to a party of principle.
Enough pandering.
Enough pimping.
Enough acting like liberals and socialists.
It won't happen, of course. Sheeple, not prone to independence, run with the herd. Which means it's time for a new Republican Party.
We've issued a challenge. Any takers?
