The failure of Republicanism
Intellectual Conservative
by Steven D. Laib, JD, MS
07/12/06
What has happened, apparently, is that the conservative voter expected Presidents Bush, father and son, to follow in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan. They have also expected legislative representation in the same vein. When this didn't happen they have become more frustrated, and less supportive of a political party that shows many of the trappings of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society; a position they do not personally support. They are not satisfied with a party that says 'vote for us because the opposition will be so much worse that you can't afford to let them get in office.' They are also dissatisfied with party functionaries who refuse to fight, and fight dirty if necessary, to win the points that are supposed to make up a conservative agenda...
http://tinyurl.com/judrx
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Steven D. Laib, JD, MS
07/12/06
What has happened, apparently, is that the conservative voter expected Presidents Bush, father and son, to follow in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan. They have also expected legislative representation in the same vein. When this didn't happen they have become more frustrated, and less supportive of a political party that shows many of the trappings of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society; a position they do not personally support. They are not satisfied with a party that says 'vote for us because the opposition will be so much worse that you can't afford to let them get in office.' They are also dissatisfied with party functionaries who refuse to fight, and fight dirty if necessary, to win the points that are supposed to make up a conservative agenda...
http://tinyurl.com/judrx
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 13. Jul, 15:52
