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Are There Any "Good" Republicans ?
The National Interest: “America is in unprecedented decline.
The self-inflicted wounds of the Iraq war, growing government debt,
increasingly negative current-account balances
and other internal economic weaknesses
have cost the United States real power in today’s world
of rapidly spreading knowledge and technology.
If present trends continue, we will look back
at the BUSH/CHENEY years
as the death knell
of American hegemony.”
“America’s relative decline since 2000
represents a far greater loss of relative power
in a shorter time than any power shift
among European Great Powers...
... from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to World War II.
It is one of the largest relative declines in modern history.
Indeed, in size, it is clearly surpassed
by only one other great-power decline,
the unprecedented internal collapse
of the Soviet Union in 1991.”
Robert Pape
University of Chicago
"Partisans of President Bush may blame Obama
for presiding over a strategic retreat,
but it is The Bush Administration
that assured and accelerated such a retreat."
Patrick J. Buchanan
Is Government Bailing Out the Wealthy?
"Risk has been off-loaded by wealthy Wall Streeters onto taxpayers.
Risk has become “socialized,” while rewards have been privatized.
Bailouts are part of a regime that the U.S. has followed since the 1980s,
of essentially aggrandizing wealth in the financial sector.
Over the last 25 years, we’ve seen a socialization of risk.
They don’t want socialization in medicine, or industry,
or manufacturing, but they sure as hell
want it in the financial sector."
Kevin Phillips
Traditional Republicans Buchanan and Phillips were critical
of the Bush Presidency for a number of years.
Along with Ron Paul ,
these Republicans have sought to warn rank and file Republicans
about the warped policies endorsed
by the post-1980's Republican presidents.
Oppression and dishonesty, along with "tax-breaks"
for the most wealthy of Americans,
have been cornerstones of Republican politics.
The Culture of Greed which has engulfed the society
is daily endorsed by ' talk ' radio propagandists and FOX NEWS.
The Financial Crisis has been the predictable result.
Ron Paul has the distinction of being the sole Republican
to have kept his "cool"
and voted against the Iraq War Resolution in 2002.
These Republicans lament the destruction of their party
by oportunistic "neoconservatives" and The Bush Doctrine.
Rush Limbaugh has encouraged his cult of listeners
it would be better for The United States to continue its decline
rather than allow the new Democratic Administration to succeed.
These twisted views are not consistant with the national 'interest'.
Most of all , these traditional Republicans
are appalled by the lack of respect The Bush/Cheney Administration had
for The Constitution and its ideology of military adventurism,
sanctioned torture, and promotion aggressive Zionism.
Are There Any Good Republicans ?
It would seem some at least are better than others.
Republicans would be wise to heed the advice of these critics
if they wish to salvage their disgraced political party.
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Originally Posted by thepamphleteer
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