Newsvine’s The Otto Show has written another excellent article, this time calling on Republicans to get back to their principles, and to start holding themselves to a higher standard again.
Republicans were at their best, as candidates and politicians, when they were strong, direct and principled. That seems lost on a party that, while holding their own on Congressional defense, is currently doing nothing to rally people to their support in the coming election season. There is plenty to rally people around. Congress approval ratings are at a dismal 14%. While I know it’s fashionable to believe that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid should take credit for Congressional successes while blaming the problems in Congress on everyone else, Republicans should see an opportunity in trying to win over some of the 86% who have little to no faith in Congress.
Republican voters and conservatives want an alternative to Democratic waffling and eulogizing over the Iraq War. Republicans who pull this pandering crap on us over fear of losing their seats deserve the same kind of scorn and contempt that I’ve given Democrats over the past few years. And as I’ve said before, if Republicans give the voters a choice between Democrats and Democrat-lite, voters will elect the real thing most of the time.
Anymore, there is a vast difference between Republican and conservative. Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater would be ashamed of this batch of Republicans. They have lost their way.
