The overrarching problem for Republicans is not that X,Y,or Z with ties to radicals, support Obama and, IF ONLY this can be properly communicated, Obama will be defeated and 8 more years of Republican bliss awaits…
No, it is that the country is moving away from Republicans on fear of religiously intolerant theocrats attempting to impose their will, the collapse of Reagan economics as a fraud, and the idea of endless war to spread “democracy” (as long as it is democracy that LOVES corporate cronyism and conservatism).
Fukiyama writes: Like all transformative movements, the Reagan revolution lost its way because for many followers it became an unimpeachable ideology, not a pragmatic response to the excesses of the welfare state. Two concepts were sacrosanct: first, that tax cuts would be self-financing, and second, that financial markets could be self-regulating.
Prior to the 1980s, conservatives were fiscally conservative— that is, they were unwilling to spend more than they took in in taxes. But Reaganomics introduced the idea that virtually any tax cut would so stimulate growth that the government would end up taking in more revenue in the end (the so-called Laffer curve). In fact, the traditional view was correct: if you cut taxes without cutting spending, you end up with a damaging deficit.
The Terri Schiavo fiasco taught a new generation of women, not thrilled by feminists, that there WAS reason to fear fanatic Right-to-Lifers.
The “no too high a price in American lives and treasure to save foreign democracy-hungry freedom-lovers!!” philosophy? The cancerous Reagan-neocon sentiments foundered on the democratically elected Putin, Chavez, Hamas, Hez leaders as well as watching “democracy in action” in Iraq and Afganistan.
It’s not just Bush II is the President held in the most contempt since Truman, surpassing even Carter. (Nixon was hated but also viewed by even his enemies as powerful, intelligent, and competent)…
It’s the failure of Republicans to deliver since 1994, being corrupt, being mired in failed dogma .
It’s not just McCain that looks likely to go down…it is solid, gifted Republicans in Congress that will go down this year…and nothing about Bill Ayers!! Terrahist Evildoers!! Or Love of Israel above even America, will save them..
