Saturday, May 30, 2009
'The base'
Both Mickey and Peggy make nice catches about what's wrong with the GOP today: The constant pandering to and defense of 'the base.' ... It's 'the base' that keeps hopping from one gotcha point to the next, such as the GOP car dealership issue, rather than seeing the larger issue, such as giving away part of an entire company to a Democratic special-interest group (see post below). Maybe someone should find an ACORN angle to the GM takeover. Two gotcha points wouldn't add up to principled, serious opposition to nationalization. But at least it'd be a more effective opposition.
Both Mickey and Peggy make nice catches about what's wrong with the GOP today: The constant pandering to and defense of 'the base.' ... It's 'the base' that keeps hopping from one gotcha point to the next, such as the GOP car dealership issue, rather than seeing the larger issue, such as giving away part of an entire company to a Democratic special-interest group (see post below). Maybe someone should find an ACORN angle to the GM takeover. Two gotcha points wouldn't add up to principled, serious opposition to nationalization. But at least it'd be a more effective opposition.
