Frankly, I've not believed that the GOP was the party of limited government many years before Trump, collectively speaking, with few exceptions. One of the reasons I've sometimes abstained voting for GOP candidates even during the 2000s, was my concern towards their lack of fealty to limited government. Of course, the Trump era had the GOP throwing out whatever conservative creds they had remaining, that was generally sufficient for me to vote for them in the past. Whatever the reservations I had about the Republican party in the Bush 43 era, feel extremely trivial in nature compared to now. It makes sense to hold the GOP to a higher standard, given that they claim to be for limited government conservatism. After all, if I'm going to plunk down 400k for a Rolls-Royce Phantom, it would be irrational for me to expect it to drive like a Ford Focus and be pleased with it. Classical liberalism for me is my Rolls-Royce when it comes to political philosophy.
I'm actually willing to compromise to some extent with the right-populists in the GOP, despite my dislike of populism. I wouldn't withhold my vote for someone just because a handful of his views were too populist for my tastes, so long as I agreed with him on a majority of the issues. I did the same thing for Republicans BT. The problem is that we have people on the right talking about wanting to assassinate people like Gabriel Sterling, Brad Raffensperger, and others, because they refused to kowtow to the Big Lie. You have those like Mike Flynn and Mike Lindell, calling for a Myanmar style martial law to reinstate Trump in August, among other things that are done in a 3rd world banana republic. We're not talking about mere policy differences here, but an outright contempt for our liberal democracy and the Constitution.
Voters tend to have a short term, transient memory, and I believe by the 2022 midterms and 2024 POTUS election, that January 6 won't be much of a factor. Not that I like it, but that tends to be the nature of our electorate, moving from the latest outrage to the next. That is why being relentless in telling the truth(as you guys in the Racket all do), and showing tough love, is necessary to prevent another 1-6 happening in 2024.
I understand where you're coming from but you probably won't be surprised that I have a few disagreements. I really do not know anyone who wants legislation to outlaw kneeling and similar protests but everyone I hang out with has turned off on pro sports. Most of my acquaintances do not worry about CRT but they also so feel it is a simple and totally legal matter for the state government to define the curriculum in state schools. The game is far from over when it comes to the damage the present administration can do - not to mention what could happen if they gain more control.
It's illogical to vote for politicians you hold to a lesser standard just to punish others for electing a president with personality defects. I know that I expect the worst from a democrat party whose stalwarts include Chuck, Nancy, Corie Bush, Pressley, Omar, Tlaib and a few dozen others. But, planning for and designing against the worst cases is what I was trained for and how I made a living. I suspect you do the same but just don't apply the same principles to politics.
Frankly, I've not believed that the GOP was the party of limited government many years before Trump, collectively speaking, with few exceptions. One of the reasons I've sometimes abstained voting for GOP candidates even during the 2000s, was my concern towards their lack of fealty to limited government. Of course, the Trump era had the GOP throwing out whatever conservative creds they had remaining, that was generally sufficient for me to vote for them in the past. Whatever the reservations I had about the Republican party in the Bush 43 era, feel extremely trivial in nature compared to now. It makes sense to hold the GOP to a higher standard, given that they claim to be for limited government conservatism. After all, if I'm going to plunk down 400k for a Rolls-Royce Phantom, it would be irrational for me to expect it to drive like a Ford Focus and be pleased with it. Classical liberalism for me is my Rolls-Royce when it comes to political philosophy.
I'm actually willing to compromise to some extent with the right-populists in the GOP, despite my dislike of populism. I wouldn't withhold my vote for someone just because a handful of his views were too populist for my tastes, so long as I agreed with him on a majority of the issues. I did the same thing for Republicans BT. The problem is that we have people on the right talking about wanting to assassinate people like Gabriel Sterling, Brad Raffensperger, and others, because they refused to kowtow to the Big Lie. You have those like Mike Flynn and Mike Lindell, calling for a Myanmar style martial law to reinstate Trump in August, among other things that are done in a 3rd world banana republic. We're not talking about mere policy differences here, but an outright contempt for our liberal democracy and the Constitution.
Voters tend to have a short term, transient memory, and I believe by the 2022 midterms and 2024 POTUS election, that January 6 won't be much of a factor. Not that I like it, but that tends to be the nature of our electorate, moving from the latest outrage to the next. That is why being relentless in telling the truth(as you guys in the Racket all do), and showing tough love, is necessary to prevent another 1-6 happening in 2024.
I understand where you're coming from but you probably won't be surprised that I have a few disagreements. I really do not know anyone who wants legislation to outlaw kneeling and similar protests but everyone I hang out with has turned off on pro sports. Most of my acquaintances do not worry about CRT but they also so feel it is a simple and totally legal matter for the state government to define the curriculum in state schools. The game is far from over when it comes to the damage the present administration can do - not to mention what could happen if they gain more control.
It's illogical to vote for politicians you hold to a lesser standard just to punish others for electing a president with personality defects. I know that I expect the worst from a democrat party whose stalwarts include Chuck, Nancy, Corie Bush, Pressley, Omar, Tlaib and a few dozen others. But, planning for and designing against the worst cases is what I was trained for and how I made a living. I suspect you do the same but just don't apply the same principles to politics.