“The only, and I mean the only solution: K Street must be blown up and turned into a parking lot.”

(*THUMBS UP*)

For what it’s worth, Sftor1, I damn Tom DeLay for being an overreaching, unprincipled son of a bitch whose “K Street Project” was a stain upon the GOP.

BILL

“I’m advocating moderation in policy and moderation in action–not lying.”

……….ohhh you mean as in”

“Ideologically, we should be advocating conservatism in the classical sense …….
Once we gain office, we should ACT according to ideology, slashing the national debt and generally corralling government: the policies might be unpopular”

Mr. Schaefer is equating “distrust in government” with “dissatisfaction with where the country is going.” There is a likely correlation, but not causation.

The only, and I mean the only solution: K Street must be blown up and turned into a parking lot.

“Superficial” change was typed with regard to the party’s image and its demographic–who we move out to the polls. In this case that means less screaming, more intellectualism.

Let’s face it: a lot of things are changing dramatically in our country right now. And while a majority of people did vote us down this path, change of this magnitude is always scary. The health care issue touches every segment of our society, and thus it stirs up incredible waves of angst and fear for a whole variety of reasons. And I’m sure there is some residual partisan motivation getting swept into the same bucket. But health care reform is about as significant as any issue we face as a nation, and thus it really opens the floodgates to all sorts of irrational angles of debate. I expect that a majority of people would agree that our current system sucks, and it will continue to get worse if we just let it ride. But it’s the devil we know, and fear is a huge motivator when facing changes which are potentially this dramatic.

I wonder if the urgency for health care reform on Obama’s part might be twofold:

1. He is not likely to have the political capital in six or twelve months that he has presently. So this might be his best shot.

2. He feels the effects of reform will take time to implement and create an impact. So he needs to act now if he wants his reforms to bear fruit in time for 2012.

Whatever the case, thanks Brad for an interesting post.

Re: Blakeseitz // Aug 18, 2009 at 5:41 pm (#7) –

(*THUMBS UP*)

BILL

………Needless to say Baarking thinks blatant lying is totally admirable

” Back to the makeover: superficially, I think it’s important to cater to the youth vote–break the stigma of the crotchety old white man. Ideologically, we should be advocating conservatism in the classical sense (I’m preaching to the choir here, I know). Once we gain office, we should ACT according to ideology,”

……….You mean lie about about our positions and once we get in office ignore everything we’ve said…..okaaaay…….just as long as we keep it “superficial” it will be fine…..okaaay

(*THUMBS UP*)

BILL