Restating the point
Ed,
I agree that “battered spouse syndrome” doesn’t accurately reflect how the administration has treated those who “brung ‘em”, but the feeling of betrayal is very real.
More along the lines of a trusted friend stealing your wife.
You can see it not only in the opinion pages of conservative media, but we’re hearing it on the phones in our GOP fun raising. People who worked hard - extremely hard - for George Bush’s election to office - twice - have had it with the “because I said so”.
This will not bode well in the future as we - the base - look closely at the current crop of GOP candidates, and make no mistake we are looking very closely. To quote The Who:
“We won’t get fooled again”.
June 1st, 2007 at 7:11 pm
That’s so true.
June 1st, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Here’s what I view as the major dilemma.
If it will take 8 years to gut the Republican Party and rebuild it….that basically would mean Hillary Clinton in the White House for two terms (8 years) and more than likely a big majority for the Dems in the House and a 5 or 6 Senator majority for the Dems in the Senate.
Now, think about that….Dem Executive, Dem Legislative for eight whole long seemingly endless eight years.
Here’s the dilemma. Would America LITERALLY survive those eight years to see the Republican Party return as it once was? Would the Republican Party have a chance eight years later under Sharia Law? Can the Republicans, revamped and rejuvenated possibly win in 2016 when instead of turning California and Texas and Arizona from blue states to red…those states have long been ceded to Mexico? Can a Republican Presidential candidate possibly propose a strong National Defense platform in 2016 when the Defense budget is then less than the Budget for CAIR?
Will there even be anything to win in 2016?