Michael Steele, the new head of the Republican Party, started out as the chief of the Republicans reminding me of my least favorite Republican, George W.
"We're going to say to friend and foe alike: 'We want you to be a part of us, we want you to with be with us.' And for those who wish to obstruct, get ready to get knocked over."
Wonderful. It 2001 all over again. The Republicans seem to just want a bully pulpit. Well, if they continue to behave this way, they will lose even more control in Washington. Just four years ago, they had 55 in the Senate. Now they have 41. In the House, they had 232 seats. Now they have 178.
So continue on the same path. Don't talk with those you disagree with--just knock them over. It's safe to not have conversations with those who are different.
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I'm not sure what Michael Steele had in mind, but there comes a time when good men draw a line in the sand and say, "No more."
ReplyDeleteOne reason I stopped voting for some Republicans was because they would NOT stop 'talking' to those who despise liberty. They talked away too much or our liberty already.
Modern leftists are not just 'different.' They are totalitarians. Such people have to be defeated if liberty is to survive.
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ReplyDeleteHi Harold,
ReplyDeleteI have done the same. As the Republicans lost their core principles, they lost my vote.
But in politics, one can always remain civil. You can have a line in the sand and remain polite about it. You just are not going to go over that line.
It's like me in evangelism. I don't tell people that you come to Christ or I am going to stop talking with you (although there might be room for that when someone is kicked out of the church). I know people have done that in the past, but I do not think the attitude is ever beneficial, whether in life, church, or in politics.
It's okay to have lines you are not willing to cross. But these people have chosen the life of politics where talking with people you disagree with is an essential part of the job. Making dogmatic stances where you are going to be vicious to the "enemy" does not help move our nation forward; it just helps shore in their constituency.