The brilliant Thomas Sowell reminded me of the relativity of the political process.
Here, Mr.H....is the take away: "...the question is whether Mitch McConnell is preferable to Harry Reid as majority leader in the Senate, that is not even a close call."
1. "....polls show public opinion turning against the Democrats, some Republicans seem to be turning against each other. Even with the prospect of being able to win control of the Senate in this falls elections, some Republicans are busy manufacturing ammunition for their own circular firing squad.
2. A Republican factions demonization of their own Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, is a classic example. If you listen to some of those who consider themselves the only true conservatives, you would never guess that Senator McConnell received a lifetime 90 percent ranking by the American Conservative Union....
3. ....Mitch McConnell has not only led the fight for conservative principles repeatedly, but has been to the right of Ted Cruz on immigration issues..
4. The unfolding disaster of Obamacare is only the most visible symptom of a far deeper danger from a lawless administration...
5. ....Obama has nearly three more years to continue doing irreparable damage to the fundamental basis of American government and to Americans freedom..
6. Only Republican control of the Senate can rein in the lawless Obama administration, which can otherwise load up the federal courts with lawless judges, who will be dismantling the rule of law and destroying the rights of the people for decades after Barack Obama himself is long gone from the White House.
7. Once that happens, even a future Republican majority, led by people with the kind of ideological purity that the Republican dissidents want, cannot undo the damage.
8. Those Republicans who seem ready to jeopardize their own partys chances of winning these two crucial elections by following a rule-or-ruin fight against fellow Republicans may claim to be following their ideals. But headstrong self-righteousness is not idealism,....
9. No doubt there can be legitimate differences of opinion about tactics and strategy on particular issues. But if you dont have power,......
10. If the rule-or-ruin faction among Republicans ends up giving the Democrats another Senate majority under Harry Reid, not only the Republican party but the entire nation, and generations yet unborn, will end up paying the price."
The Rule-or-Ruin Faction of the GOP | National Review Online
OK, ok....
Message received.....
....I'm duly chastened.
Here, Mr.H....is the take away: "...the question is whether Mitch McConnell is preferable to Harry Reid as majority leader in the Senate, that is not even a close call."
1. "....polls show public opinion turning against the Democrats, some Republicans seem to be turning against each other. Even with the prospect of being able to win control of the Senate in this falls elections, some Republicans are busy manufacturing ammunition for their own circular firing squad.
2. A Republican factions demonization of their own Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, is a classic example. If you listen to some of those who consider themselves the only true conservatives, you would never guess that Senator McConnell received a lifetime 90 percent ranking by the American Conservative Union....
3. ....Mitch McConnell has not only led the fight for conservative principles repeatedly, but has been to the right of Ted Cruz on immigration issues..
4. The unfolding disaster of Obamacare is only the most visible symptom of a far deeper danger from a lawless administration...
5. ....Obama has nearly three more years to continue doing irreparable damage to the fundamental basis of American government and to Americans freedom..
6. Only Republican control of the Senate can rein in the lawless Obama administration, which can otherwise load up the federal courts with lawless judges, who will be dismantling the rule of law and destroying the rights of the people for decades after Barack Obama himself is long gone from the White House.
7. Once that happens, even a future Republican majority, led by people with the kind of ideological purity that the Republican dissidents want, cannot undo the damage.
8. Those Republicans who seem ready to jeopardize their own partys chances of winning these two crucial elections by following a rule-or-ruin fight against fellow Republicans may claim to be following their ideals. But headstrong self-righteousness is not idealism,....
9. No doubt there can be legitimate differences of opinion about tactics and strategy on particular issues. But if you dont have power,......
10. If the rule-or-ruin faction among Republicans ends up giving the Democrats another Senate majority under Harry Reid, not only the Republican party but the entire nation, and generations yet unborn, will end up paying the price."
The Rule-or-Ruin Faction of the GOP | National Review Online
OK, ok....
Message received.....
....I'm duly chastened.