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McCarthy Cites Editorial That Was Prearranged By GOP Leadership To Show Support For GOP ‘Pledge’
. . .McCarthy misrepresents the right-wing Wall Street Journal editorial page’s reaction to the Pledge. In truth, the WSJ gave a the Pledge a decidedly mixed review, stating that the pledge is “less specific in offering new ideas than was the GOP’s 1994 Contract with America,” and it attacks the Pledge for its unambitious approach to earmarks, health care and tax policy. . .
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GOP leadership can't sell it because they don't understand the things in the pledge. They are masters of doublespeak, who will say anything for $$ and/or for a vote.
ReplyDeleteThey put those words into the pledge because polling showed that a majority of Americans will vote for those words.
When the GOP doesn't deliver, they disappear; like the Whigs. A new Party will form around the Constitution and Liberty.
Pffft. The tea party is made up of the old "Bush Base," though they seem to be distancing themselves from Bush himself. It isn't new, it just has a new name (along with badly spelled signs, and tricorn hats). Where it not such a scary prospect, it would be highly entertaining to see all of these new TP actually WIN and have to govern for the next two years. I think two years of Sharron Angle, Christine O'Donnell and the rest (provided they don't tone down their rhetoric) will be the best insurance President Obama could have for getting a second term.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, one of the leading ideas on that web site that the Pledge is supposedly based on was legalization of marijuana. Funny that it didn't make it into the pledge.
"The tea party is made up of the old "Bush Base""
ReplyDeleteThat's hilariously off mark. An attempt at humour, or do you not see the absurdity of that linkage?
The Bush's are socialists, always pushing for more government and more regulation. The Tea Party is about Liberty (and consequently less government and less regulation).
Bush wanted regulation? Really? Is that why he appointed industry lobbyists to oversee regulatory groups? Sounds like revisionist history to me.
ReplyDeleteBush grew government regulations, the number of government workers, and the deficit by HUGE amounts, more than Clinton. It's why America gave up on GOP. The GOP were socialists.
ReplyDeleteMaybe not what you feel, but facts you can verify.