Dec 14 2008
Liberal Policies Destroyed the Republican Party
I voted for George Bush twice. I am a conservative, and I knew he wasn’t. He is (or at least, was) a moderate. Several years ago, Karl Rove said he had a plan to destroy the Democrat Party. I think he (or Bush) ended up destroying the Republican Party instead.
Aside from President Bush’s tax cuts and the war on terror, there has been very little to cheer about. If it weren’t for the war on terror, many of Bush’s decisions would have drawn much more criticism within his own party.
President Bush (and the Republicans) pushed for Open Borders, Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, The Prescription Drug Plan, Palestinian Statehood, The Mortgage Bailout, and even the auto industry Bailout. None of those are conservative principles.
We are told by the moderate wing and the intellectual elites of our party we have to do such things to get elected. Well, the evidence is in. We have a President Elect who has strong socialistic (i.e. communistic) ideas. He will have an overwhelming majority of support with Democrat majorities in the House and Senate.
So tell me, what was the benefit of adopting liberal policies? We got our bottoms kicked by abandoning conservative principles and enacting liberal policies, and many still believe that is what we need to do to win. Simply amazing.