Limbaugh Laments Fall of Republican Party "As We Know It." I Ask, "So What?"
After last night's pretty impressive run by John McCain (and Huckabee), Romney looks as good as dead in the water. The New York Post responded today with this column that says why McCain is such a leftist and that conservatives think that a McCain presidency may actually be worse than a Hillary presidency.
I guess I don't see McCain as a left-leaning Republican as a bad thing, and maybe that's why I'll be voting for him in November. They attack his skepticism for tax cuts, but I don't know why. Yes, everyone loves a tax cut, and yes, tax cuts are traditionally the hallmark of Republicanism, but let's be responsible, here. McCain wants to stay in the war, and he's said he'll stay as long as it takes. Wars, as we know, cost money, and I'd really like to know where the money's coming from if it isn't coming from taxes. Sure, we can cut wasteful government spending, but that isn't going to cover the difference. And drastically cutting government jobs can save money, but it also increases unemployment. I guess my biggest beef is that for years those fearful of taxes have been saying that Americans aren't willing to make concessions in times of war, yet here we are, in a time of war, and we're faced with a chance to prove how committed to the cause we really are.
So my question to Rush is who really cares if it is the end of the Republican party as we know it? What is the Republican party as we know it? It's President Bush, whose approval ratings have hit all time lows, a couple of Congressmen who can't keep their morals in line with the ones they'd like to impose on the rest of us, and an economy that has produced the lowest competition against the Pound and the Euro in history.
There's nothing wrong with conservatism taking a clue from liberalism. It isn't conceding defeat, it's learning to adapt. I'd love nothing more than to have a Republican in office come next January, but it doesn't have to be one of the same old Republicans we've lost faith in.