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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Why Republicans Can't Govern
Posted by Jill | 11:41 AM
Want to know why Republicans are so inept at actually governing, once they get elected?

It's because for them, it's ONLY about being elected:
McCain seems to have made a choice that many politicians succumb to but that he had always promised to avoid — he appears ready to do whatever it takes to win, even it if soils his reputation.

“We recognize it’s not going to be 2000 again,” McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said, alluding to the media’s swooning coverage of McCain’s ill-fated crusade against then-Gov. George W. Bush and the GOP establishment. “But he lost then. We’re running a campaign to win. And we’re not too concerned about what the media filter tries to say about it.”


Translation: We will lie, we will smear, we will do whatever we have to do in order to win, no matter how sleazy or underhand. As for what we're going to do afterwards, well, that's not the point. The point is to WIN. Because power is its own reward.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sorry - this is just stupid - both parties run to aquire power. To pretend otherwise is just foolish.

Anonymous Anonymous said...
To bandit,

I'll have to disagree with you. This is right on the point. The basic Republican philosophy is "government is bad" and once they get into power, this prove this concept by sabotaging government. Until they abandon this idea, they have no business in government. Remember, the Democratic party is the party of "we" while the Republican party is the party of "me."