The Republicans’ Bully Platform 0
A Colorado Republican considers the condition of her party and is disturbed. It is actually a pretty good description of the difference between today’s Republican Party and yesterdays.
She concludes that Republicans have become bullies. A nugget (emphasis added):
Instead of serving as the party that embraced fiscal restraint, limited government, and personal responsibility, Republicans morphed into the party that pointed fingers at wide swaths of the population, squinted our eyes, and put our hands on our hips, and said, as if in the schoolyard, “We don’t like you.”
And Colorado Republicans may be the biggest playground bullies of all.
Are you pro-life? Are you pro-sanctity of marriage? Are you pro-death penalty? Do you support the deportation of an estimated 12 million illegal aliens? If the answer to any of these questions is no or is nuanced, you are a RINO — a Republican in name only.
The bully theory, the party of “my way or I won’t play,” seems to be consistent with their behavior.
I recommend the column, particularly for those who consider themselves Republican because they’ve been life-long Republicans, by gum.
