thunder wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:20:00 -0400, HK wrote:


What the GOP is doing now reminds me of Mao's Cultural Revolution in
China, devised to "purge" the country and the party of those whose
thoughts were not steeped in doctrine. The difference, of course, is
that the Republicans are out of power and all they are doing is
diminishing their numbers.

Purge is a good name for it. The few moderates left make easy targets
for the "true believers", but when the politically conservatives and the
religious conservatives that define the Republican base start targeting
each other, it's going to get truly ugly. I don't get it. To me, it's
guaranteed self-destruct.


I'm not even sure what a "political conservative" is anymore. Most
Republican federal officeholders "talk the talk" about being
conservative, but they don't seem to be able to walk the walk, or even
outline or flesh out any sort of plan for this country to move
forward...well, other than blowing more money on the military or cutting
taxes for the wealthy or weakening already weak regulations.

Personally, I'd love to see a shootout with real weapons between the
so-called political conservatives and the religious conservatives. I
don't care what the latter do in their churches, but when they try to
force their superstitions and backwardness on the general public, I
resent it.