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The Sad Demise of the GOP?

I was an active, committed Republican for 35 years. I worked in a Republican city administration; I ran for Congress as a Republican, and I was “mainstream” enough to win a four-person primary. That was in 1980. Over the years, the GOP drifed ever further from the principles that had attracted me. A principled concern with limiting the authority [...]

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Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan is a genuine conservative of the “old school”–i.e., the sort of thoughtful conservative who drew so many of us to the GOP back when the party was a responsible participant in policy deliberations. He’s had enough.

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The Exodus Continues…

I left the Republican Party in 2000, after 35+ years of active participation, including stints as a precinct committeeperson, appointed government official and candidate for Congress. Despite that level of participation, a number of those in the party shrugged off my departure (or said “good riddance”) as the foreseeable decision of a “liberal” who had never really belonged. What they refused [...]

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Appalling

Senator Lindsay Graham is very conservative; however, he is not one of the extremist know-nothings currently attempting to turn the GOP into a religious/nationalist cult of some sort. And that fact–the fact that he is occasionally willing to work with–gasp!–Democrats–has led the S. Carolina Republican Party to censure him!  As many who read this blog know, I [...]

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Frightening Ignorance

Elie Weisel is a Holocaust survivor who has written moving books and articles about the Nazis, and their effort to exterminate the Jews. He has been the recipient of numerous honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize. Recently, he objected to the use of pictures displaying Nazi atrocities on signs carried by “teabaggers” protesting healthcare reform–making the (obvious and reasonable) [...]

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