: I feel a sense of duty to make sure MORE Evil doesn't get in there. I mean, when the general comes around we are stuck with who we are stuck with. It's almost like watching Dallas and Pittsburgh in the Superbowl. I don't like either, but this is who we are stuck with in the game; may as well pick the one I hate least.
And there is the rub; on what basis do you hate one or the other least? In 2000, objectively, we could say the GOP was, clearly, Les as they simply had the benefit of the doubt having not held power since, what, the Eisenhower era? Newt's GOP had just won the House for the first time in 40 years, 20 election cycles. So, it was with GREAT anticipation and hope anyone right of center looked forward to January 2001 and a GOP WH, Senate and House along with a favorable court. And then, a funny thing happened on the way to limited government and trusting the American people...
Instead of rehashing the excuses which does nothing but raise the question of why have principles if they are subject to excuses, let's simply focus on actions, not words. The GOP is directly responsible for Med D, TSA, DHS, Patriot Act and TARP and two losing wars. The GOP transformed our era, our nation. We want to argue Obama is worse, we want to argue Hillary will be worse but objectively, based on what? How are they, really, worse? Obama merely has the Stimulus and the ACA. Other crap he's done is simply wield the tools the prior administration and legislature and courts handed him.
Med D, TSA, DHS, Pat Act and TARP plus the wars plus doubling the national debt vs. the Stimulus and the ACA.
My argument is that, absent our natural bias to excuse our own and exaggerate the ills of the other team, that, objectively, the GOP has proven worse from a limited government and trust the American people view.
You and I have the common reference of the Redskins, to stay with your football analogy. Our Redskins built teams and excelled that way. The new Redskins do not. That is simply not the owners nature or way and, aside from lesser instances (Les?) he is, by and large, a person who does not, will not build a team over time. Objectively, that is not what he does.
The GOP, I would argue, objectively, is not a limited government party and absolutely does not trust the people. To argue that the NEXT guy will be different is to argue that a President is larger than the party, the team. I would equate the Presidency, at best, to a head coach and if that doesn't seal my point, I don't know what would.
In my view, it is not only hard to argue the left is worse, it is hard to argue that the GOP is not. At the very least they are the same. And, most people seem happy with that and so it goes. Lots of people remain Redskins fans. People wanna hope.
:shrug:
