Sounds like it:
I just got off the phone with a very plugged-in Republican strategist who told me that Republican reaction to President Obama’s speech, which the party will roll out in the next few days, will mark the beginning of a new GOP approach to opposing the president’s initiatives. (No, Bobby Jindal’s ineffective response was not part of that new approach — everyone seems a little embarrassed about that.) The Republican leadership in the House has concluded that in the stimulus debate, the GOP succeeded in dominating a number of news cycles but failed to score any points on actual policy. That, the leaders believe, has got to change.
via www.dcexaminer.com >> Beltway Confidential – “A Major Doctrinal Shift for Republicans”.
So, what do they have in mind? Going Democratic-lite? God I hope not. 🙄
The Communist Democratic Party’s mantra has always been Tax and Spend, or more specifically Tax the Rich and Spend money that the Government does not even have. There’s no way to come up with a “Hip Hop” way of denouncing this. I just do not understand why the hell the Republican Party, feels the need to become more like liberals and their progressive media message. The Republican Party has always been the party of Traditionalism and and American values. They should not change this, at all.
Yes, I know that George W. Bush strayed and strayed hard from Party and Conservative principles, but that does not make for a good excuse to try and “Modernize” or shall I say, “Progressive-ize” the Republican Party’s image. Conservatives have been the stark contrast from the Liberal Democrats, they should not change that at all. Jidal’s speech might not have been “Beltway sounding” enough and perhaps a bit off, but let’s not use that an excuse to become more like the Democrats, it could every well end up being the death-knell of the Republican Party.
I am not sure what the Republican leadership has in mind, I just hope they engage their brains long enough and think about what they want to become. The last thing that the Republican Party needs to do, is try and appeal to the Liberal Media or to Liberals in General. John McCain and Sarah tried that, and look what it got them? Sounded defeated at the polls. The G.O.P. just does not need to make that foolish of a mistake.
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