Fred Thompson, Ronald Reagan, and the Goldilocks Republicans
So we elect to office a human being who has had only one overriding principle “get elected” and then when this character gains his power and reverts to what he is, what do we do? How do we explain this perverted set of principals to a populace who entrusted our party with the highest office in the nation? Do we (yet again) leave our mouths agape and simply act shocked, shocked that this paragon of republican electability turns out to be exactly what he was in his past office?
We may not be able to afford a Clinton or Obama presidency with a Democrat majority Congress, but what will doom us in the eyes of the public is another president who ignores the principles he swore to us to uphold.
Our standards should not so easily blow in the wind. They should be an anchor, an opposite force we can use to right ourselves if we stray.
So do not be so quick to jump our case, Anchoress…we are just trying our damnedest to do the job conveniently described by your nickname that so few seem to be willing to do.
