Is the Republican Party Determined to Off Itself?

[Tech_Esq]

For people like Rush, and I would agree, it would be better if the "R" meant something. Now after the party rids itself of people who are really democrats, refocuses on what the party wants to represent at its core, then it expand from there. I think it will take a process of review, reflection and re-invigoration before the Repubs get where they need to be as a party and find a message, messenger and statement of core values.

So, being a republican means going along with the party at all times?

Sorry it took me a while to get back to this. I do want to answer the charge though.

Using "never" and "always" are distinctly unhelpful. Of course the standard is not "always" supporting the party.

However, if you look at party line voting by both parties over time, say 50 years, Senators and Representatives vote party line 85+% of the time. So, if you have a "member" of your party that is not even voting party line 50% of the time, that is not a useful member and, in fact, is probably being disingenuous about their party allegiance.

The additional point to be made, based on these numbers, is that if you are voting for someone because you "don't vote party, you vote based on the individual" you're sadly mistaken with the actual results. Those "individuals" vote party line 85% or more of the time. (Unless you voted for a weasily Republican like Spector, Snowe, Hagel or the like.)

Dems vote party line full time all the time. When they don't, you know about it. Like Lieberman on the Iraq war. You break ranks with the Dems at your peril. It needs to be at least that strong on the Repub. side.

 

[WillowTree]

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Earlier this week, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh suggested that McCain leave the party with Specter. "A lot of people say, 'Well, Specter, take [Sen. John] McCain with you. And his daughter [Meghan]. Take McCain and his daughter with you if you're gonna…" he told listeners Tuesday.

Seriously? Wow. Just...wow.

So, the Republicans want to save themselves by kicking people out of the party. What's wrong with that picture?

Nothing's wrong with that picture.

assuming that the Republican party is willing to let a fat, hate-mongering, lying, drug-addicted hypocrite as their official spokesmouth.

Were I in charge of the RNC, however, I'd be working on ways of distancing my party from this human piece of excrement.

And if he took millions of his idiot supporters with him, that would be fine with me, too.

It must be a real embarrassment for intellectual Republicans to have a pig-man with such limited mental resources (even for a pig) pretending that he speaks for their party.

speaking of intellectual embarassment! this oft repeated fallacy that you dumocwats spew forth every day is evidence that you have cornered the market on IE.. hey?