The fact is that today’s “Republican Party” is one with which I am totally unfamiliar. To me, the word “Republican” has always been synonymous with the word “responsibility”, which has meant limiting our governmental obligations to those we can afford in human and financial terms. Today’s whopping budget deficit of some $440 billion does not meet that criterion.
This is an interesting article written by a Republican, and the son of Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower. He talks about why the current “Republican” party (aka neo-cons?) is not really even really republican.
Last night on C-Span I watched this discussion/debate between Al Gore and Bob Dole. I have to say that while I totally disagree with everything Dole said, I really respect him. He can have a political discussion with another democrat without any sarcasim, backbiting, or arrogance. And Al Gore was the same way. It was amazing to watch. You could tell that these men actually liked each other. Dole even stuck up for Gore when an audience member used his time to ask a quesiton to attack Gore. It was really refresing to see this kind of behavior out of two politicians. After four years of the Bush administration I was starting feel a lot of negativity toward Rebublicans, but I don’t think it’s the republicans that I should be negative toward. I think that true republicans are just as sick of Bush as liberals are. He isn’t even representing them.
Blatherskite 
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I’ve been going back and forth on this very topic. Can we forgive Republicans that vote for the neo-cons even though they share none of the same values? At this point Bush and his cronies are so far from Republican ideals that the Democrats have more in common with real Republicans. And yet they blindly vote against the Democrats and ignore the damage they are allowing to be done to America. So how can we act like they are innocent victims? They’ve embraced the anti-America Neo-con philosophies and are seeking to destroy America. How can we forgive them for thinking the dismantling of the Constitution is a good thing? How can we forgive them for putting their personal gain ahead of that of America? I’ve just lost the ability to take the claim seriously that they know better, but are voting for Bush anyway.
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John Eisenhower’s essay
Monica posted this a couple of days ago on her site and I saw it again this morning on the Electoral College page. So I figure I should really get around to reading this one. I’m just amazed at how…
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