Good morning, DEAR REPUBLICAN FRIENDS, I’ve been pretty hard on you lately and you have called me on this. I want you to know that, although we have our disagreements, I am not calling you out because of your core beliefs. Your serious engagement with the issues of our time and your active participation in a constructive dialog to move the country forward is missed. But, of late, the party has been an instrument of obstruction, election denial and conspiracy theory. I have been hard on you because you have embraced a virulent, hateful populism that is ripping at our American values through a glorification of grievance, seeks to undermine our democratic values, has attempted to make our judiciary simply another political branch of the government, tells lies about the sanctity and validity of our elections, and glorifies guns. And while you all certainly do not foment violence, the former president and front-runner for the nomination incites violence.
BRAVO! This was a very clear summary of what has happened to the values and the platform of the Republican Party. I would love to see both parties get back to presenting true platforms for voters to study before casting their votes.
Excellent piece Glenn. Thanks very much. It makes you miss folks like Bob Dole, doesnt it. Sitting in the elevated gallery in the US Senate in 1994, Senator Dole was the one senator on the floor, milling about with others, who gave us a hearty wave and a big smile. I'll never forget that.
Are there any actual statesmen in the Republican Party today? At least statesmen who are not flying under the radar. Other than Liz Cheney? I'm sure there must be. I liked Kasich from Ohio, though I haven't heard from him in a while. Others know the players better than I do.
A wonderful and comprehensive summary of the Republican state of mind in America today. Too many Republicans are more interested in winning elections rather than governing. Many GOP ideas would make America better, but those positions have been thrown into the trash heap while the party bows to Trump and his band of followers. As a political consultant who had some wonderful Republican clients, it saddens me to only hear silence when the corrosive activity of the extreme elements of the party are ignored, or worse, applauded, by the party leadership.
BRAVO! This was a very clear summary of what has happened to the values and the platform of the Republican Party. I would love to see both parties get back to presenting true platforms for voters to study before casting their votes.
Excellent piece Glenn. Thanks very much. It makes you miss folks like Bob Dole, doesnt it. Sitting in the elevated gallery in the US Senate in 1994, Senator Dole was the one senator on the floor, milling about with others, who gave us a hearty wave and a big smile. I'll never forget that.
Are there any actual statesmen in the Republican Party today? At least statesmen who are not flying under the radar. Other than Liz Cheney? I'm sure there must be. I liked Kasich from Ohio, though I haven't heard from him in a while. Others know the players better than I do.
A wonderful and comprehensive summary of the Republican state of mind in America today. Too many Republicans are more interested in winning elections rather than governing. Many GOP ideas would make America better, but those positions have been thrown into the trash heap while the party bows to Trump and his band of followers. As a political consultant who had some wonderful Republican clients, it saddens me to only hear silence when the corrosive activity of the extreme elements of the party are ignored, or worse, applauded, by the party leadership.