Posted by
inkling_revival on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:13:42 PM
The national Republican Party machinery is busy producing the sort of change America deserves -- a surrender to world socialism on all fronts.
Yesterday's defeat of Republican Greg Davis by Democrat Travis Childers, running for US Representative in Mississippi's First District, indicates that Republicans are not only in trouble, but have no clue how to address it. Childers, a genuine conservative though a Democrat, captured 54% of the vote to Davis' 46%, a remarkable victory in a heavily Republican district. He'll probably vote with Republicans in Congress much of the time, but the "D" after his name helps secure committee chairmanships for the Democratic party leadership.
Republicans illustrated their utter cluelessness by announcing a national campaign theme of "Change You Deserve." The hilariously pitiable fact that the slogan is already an advertising slogan for a well-known anti-depressant just adds to the embarrassment. The Republican party needs to come to terms with the complete failure of Republicans to live up to their billing; not only did they not reduce the size or power of government, they sold out to the nest-feathering patronage system they said they were coming to upset. Simply issuing a slogan isn't going to do the trick.
What's called for is a pledge with teeth for all Republican office-holders to sign...
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