Not as sinister as the plot of 7 Days in May….but just as entertaining……
It is happening as we speak…..the much anticipated Conservative Political Action Conference….a meeting of the minds on the Right….the richness of the political thought is just astounding (that is called sarcasm)…….any way they are there in Washington to plan out the next year in conservative politics…..
I have been watching and listening, FOX News is very helpful in keeping the meeting on air….the first thing that I noticed was the statement from a group….it is called the “Mount Vernon Statement” and here is the NEW ideas that are coming out of the conference:
- It applies the principle of limited government based on the
rule of law to every proposal.- It honors the central place of individual liberty in American
politics and life.- It encourages free enterprise, the individual entrepreneur, and
economic reforms grounded in market solutions.- It supports America’s national interest in advancing freedom
and opposing tyranny in the world and prudently considers what we can and should do to that
end.- It informs conservatism’s firm defense of family, neighborhood,
community, and faith.
If this is the new direction for the GOP then they are backing up…..nothing new in those principles…
Then there are the speakers at the conference:
Cheney, who served as vice president to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, said this year would be “phenomenal” for conservatives and flatly declared Obama would not win re-election in 2012, calling him a “one-term president.”
“After all the finger-pointing is finished, it has become clear who is responsible for President Obama’s lost year, the 10 percent unemployment year — President Obama and his fellow Democrats. So when it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys,” Romney said.
“You’re intellectually shallow; you’re a romantic; you’re self-indulgent,” former House majority leader Dick Armey said of Obama, calling him “the most incompetent president perhaps in our lifetime.”
President Obama and congressional Democrats “are using this downturn as cover, not to fix America but to try to change America, to fundamentally re-define the role of government in our lives and the role of America in the world,” Marco Rubio said
Just a few of the quotes from the vast array of speakers…..but what does it show? Nothing had changed….they still do NOT have an answer for problems so they resort back to hatred as weapon…..sorry but a person that does not agree with me politically is just wrong…..but to Repubs they are evil….May I suggest that they, the GOP, put anger aside and start acting like adults and give the American people REAL alternatives to the problems that they say are killing the country….but NOOOOOOOO!…….the Repubs have to have someone to hate and apparently so does the American people and once the USSR collapsed that hatred had to find a new hook….and that is your political opposition……
Three days of accusing the Prez of everything that is bad is a bit excessive…..it could have been boiled down to the caveman mentality that they are playing to…..”Liberals-Bad, Conservatives-Good”……how hard is that?
Obama WILL be a “one term” president, but ONLY if a charismatic and thoughtful candidate (from either side) with some REALISTIC, new and inspiring ideas comes to the fore as an alternative and there’s little sign of that at the moment.
They may well not realise it themselves because it’s just what they believe in and represents all that I loathe and detest, but I think it’s perfectly true to say that “President Obama and congressional Democrats are using this downturn as cover, not to fix America but to try to change America, to fundamentally re-define the role of government in our lives…” The next bit – redefining the role of America in the world – all I can say to that is, about time too!
As we’ve both said, the problem for America (and the rest of us too. at the moment) is that there are no viable alternatives with any kind of sensible and realistic solution to anything.
However, I still think that the REAL root problem and cause of all this is that the system is not just sick, but completely damaged beyond repair – wrecked in fact. That has come about because the twin evils of politics and bureaucracy are both seen by the people involved in them as intrinsically worthwhile and an end in themselves, whereas, in realit, their ONLY value lies in what they achieve for the country and its citizens! If they don’t manage THAT successfully, at the very least for the majority, then the best thing the assholes involved can all do is piss off and leave it to someone with a bit more integrity!
Yes, the systems are dysfunctional…..Obama will be a one term prez not because of any of his policies but rather the obstructionism of politicians….the longer they keep him from doing anything the worse he will look to thew average person….to solve that problem, Dems need to grow a set of cajones and use reconciliation….things will get done and the Repubs will look ineffective….but the key is the cajones……something in short supply in Washington….
Cajones? In Spanish that means balls… Dems (or any other politicians) in Washington with balls? No chance – unless you are prepeared to equate pig-headedness with having guts!
I equate pig-headedness with cowardice, especially in Washington…..
PS: If he was good enough, Obama wouldn’t let a little thing like obstructionism get in his way!
The only way Obama and the Dems will get any victories, major ones that is, is by using the Bush tactic of reconciliation and using that 51 vote majority…….and when did 60 votes become the necessary majority (that was rhetorical)…..