Comments on: John Cole Laments How The Right Went Wrong http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Technology Insight » Blog Archive » Balloon Juice http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-98546 Technology Insight » Blog Archive » Balloon Juice Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:18:58 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-98546 [...] (Thanks Donklephant) [...] [...] (Thanks Donklephant) [...]

]]> By: Balloon Juice http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-98545 Balloon Juice Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:17:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-98545 [...] Donklephant » Blog Archive » John Cole Laments Where The Right Went Wrong Says: [...] [...] Donklephant » Blog Archive » John Cole Laments Where The Right Went Wrong Says: [...]

]]> By: Bob Sailors http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-95788 Bob Sailors Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:18:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-95788 My feeling is that I didn't leave the party, it left me... The entire propagandized election cycle has become a Bad Monty Python Skit..."I came here for an argument!"..."No you didn't!... Both Parties have become diametrically opposed, no matter what the issue is, but they CAN all come together when it comes to Congressional offices being raided and records siezed by the FBI, i.e. the "Buy-Partisan" togetherness they suddenly found when Rep. Jeffersons office was raided earlier this year... I freaking expected them to all be holding hands on the Senate Steps singing "Kumbaya"....The entire situation is nauseating... "We hold these truths to be self evident, Take as much as you can get away with, dodge Accountability, and when in doubt load it with Pork!" My feeling is that I didn’t leave the party, it left me…

The entire propagandized election cycle has become a Bad Monty Python Skit…”I came here for an argument!”…”No you didn’t!…

Both Parties have become diametrically opposed, no matter what the issue is, but they CAN all come together when it comes to Congressional offices being raided and records siezed by the FBI, i.e. the “Buy-Partisan” togetherness they suddenly found when Rep. Jeffersons office was raided earlier this year… I freaking expected them to all be holding hands on the Senate Steps singing “Kumbaya”….The entire situation is nauseating…

“We hold these truths to be self evident, Take as much as you can get away with, dodge Accountability, and when in doubt load it with Pork!”

]]> By: ChrisO http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-95406 ChrisO Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:28:49 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-95406 I probably wouldn't ever support many Republicans, but to me the current leadership is so awful that I would never support a Republican, simply because of my desire to get rid of the Republican leadership. Even if I didn't support them, I'd like to feel okay about seeing Linc Chaffee, or Rudy Giuliani, or Olympia Snowe, or Chuck Hagel or Arlen Specter or Chris Shays win elections. Even if I supported their opponent, I wouldn't feel like their winning would be a disaster for the country. But as long as their presence in Congress ensures that the Republican leadership can continue to send this country down the drain, I hope each and every one of them loses. I'm not happy to view everything through such a partisan lens, but that's the way it is. I probably wouldn’t ever support many Republicans, but to me the current leadership is so awful that I would never support a Republican, simply because of my desire to get rid of the Republican leadership. Even if I didn’t support them, I’d like to feel okay about seeing Linc Chaffee, or Rudy Giuliani, or Olympia Snowe, or Chuck Hagel or Arlen Specter or Chris Shays win elections. Even if I supported their opponent, I wouldn’t feel like their winning would be a disaster for the country. But as long as their presence in Congress ensures that the Republican leadership can continue to send this country down the drain, I hope each and every one of them loses. I’m not happy to view everything through such a partisan lens, but that’s the way it is.

]]> By: machete http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-94750 machete Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:14:48 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-94750 I do feel the same way... The elephant's been hijacked! I do feel the same way…
The elephant’s been hijacked!

]]> By: Michael http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-94710 Michael Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:58:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-94710 I was a Republican for most of my life and jumped ship only after the W insanity began. I don't know that I agree with grognard that the party is without principles, I think instead that a belligerent foreign policy, disdain for truth in favor of spin, and a turn to religious fundamentalism are newly adopted principles that I can't accept. I was a Republican for most of my life and jumped ship only after the W insanity began. I don’t know that I agree with grognard that the party is without principles, I think instead that a belligerent foreign policy, disdain for truth in favor of spin, and a turn to religious fundamentalism are newly adopted principles that I can’t accept.

]]> By: Kathy http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-94649 Kathy Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:50:22 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-94649 The related question is what to do with the Northeastern Republican Moderates. Do we keep them in do there can be some semblence of balance against the wingnuts, or vote them out because they are enabling them? I hate the idea of the GOP becoming the wholy owned subsidiary of Rush and Ann, but if Gerlach and Murphy can't contain them, why should we give them our votes? The related question is what to do with the Northeastern Republican Moderates. Do we keep them in do there can be some semblence of balance against the wingnuts, or vote them out because they are enabling them? I hate the idea of the GOP becoming the wholy owned subsidiary of Rush and Ann, but if Gerlach and Murphy can’t contain them, why should we give them our votes?

]]> By: grognard http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-94642 grognard Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:19:14 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-94642 One month after George was elected the “balanced budget� party removed all spending constrains and went on a spending binge that has not let up yet. I knew then that the party was about winning elections, not principles. To think otherwise is self delusion, the facts speak for themselves.. One month after George was elected the “balanced budget� party removed all spending constrains and went on a spending binge that has not let up yet. I knew then that the party was about winning elections, not principles. To think otherwise is self delusion, the facts speak for themselves..

]]> By: Dennis Sanders http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-94639 Dennis Sanders Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:10:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-94639 *Dennis waves his hand* Yeah, I feel the exact same way. *Dennis waves his hand*

Yeah, I feel the exact same way.

]]> By: gal http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-94626 gal Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:39:00 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-94626 They lost me a long time ago. Even though the notion is unthinkable to many, I left the Republican party during the Reagan years. They lost me a long time ago. Even though the notion is unthinkable to many, I left the Republican party during the Reagan years.

]]> By: wj http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-94412 wj Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:27:49 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-94412 Pretty much -- except that I have no doubt about how to react: throw the bums out. Pretty much — except that I have no doubt about how to react: throw the bums out.

]]> By: Transplanted Lawyer http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-94406 Transplanted Lawyer Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:14:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/01/john-cole-laments-where-the-right-went-wrong/#comment-94406 In a word, yes. I've been lamenting about this exact phenomenon ever since George W ran for the 2000 nomination with a platform in the primaries of "I can win and no one else can" -- and got the nomination locked up early. Republicans need to hit their core issues: a balanced budget, reducing taxes through cutting federal spending, a smart and strong military, immigration reform, a coherent geopolitcial foreign policy strategy, and getting people to treat one another with decency. In a word, yes. I’ve been lamenting about this exact phenomenon ever since George W ran for the 2000 nomination with a platform in the primaries of “I can win and no one else can” — and got the nomination locked up early. Republicans need to hit their core issues: a balanced budget, reducing taxes through cutting federal spending, a smart and strong military, immigration reform, a coherent geopolitcial foreign policy strategy, and getting people to treat one another with decency.

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