From the Mustache of Understanding’s column:
“Globalization has neutered the Republican Party, leaving it to represent not the have-nots of the recession but the have-nots of globalized America, the people who have been left behind either in reality or in their fears,” said Edward Goldberg, a global trade consultant who teaches at Baruch College. “The need to compete in a globalized world has forced the meritocracy, the multinational corporate manager, the eastern financier and the technology entrepreneur to reconsider what the Republican Party has to offer. In principle, they have left the party, leaving behind not a pragmatic coalition but a group of ideological naysayers.”
What say you?
When did Republicans ever represent have-nots?
In Appalachia….there, the Republicans aren’t rich, but they’re still ignorant. (I’m not saying this necessarily in a disparaging way–if you can”t attend school, and only know what you’re told by your family or preacher, then you’re going to, by definition, be ‘ignorant’ insofar as not having the education more affluent, more connected citizens have)
I was in training class with a guy from West Virginia in 2007. Obviously from a dirt poor family in a dirt poor state well screwed over by mining corporations.
He told me he was voting Republican and George Bush was “a fine and decent Christian man”.
Amendments 13-15 would be about the last time.
the only thing friedman’s gotten right in years is energy policy. it’s his only redeeming value, imo.
My question is: if there really is only one party participating in Washington, why is it they can’t get anything done?
depends on what it is they’re doing.
If you’re talking about setting and implementing policy and Law for the rest of the country, then I agree with you.
If you were to mean playing wordgames, sniping, attending parties, and otherwise playing the Society game, then I’d say they’re doing quite a bit
They do get things done. Subsidies for banks. Subsidies for insurance companies. More and more contracts for arms companies.
reviews Obama’s speech tonight — in the past tense — before it’s even given and/or the WSJ put up his op-ed up a day early. har.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574402882066261774.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Frankly, I’m going to watch a movie tonight instead of Obama’s speech. If there are any really good moments, they will be played all over the blogosphere tomorrow and the whole thing will be endlessly discussed. I’m so fucking fed up with the whole damned process…
Saw “Here comes Mr. Jordan” on TCM. I felt a lot better than I would have listening to Obama crawfish on health care. I agree with Congressman Wilson, but it was rude and not fitting for a Congressman. Especially on television for the whole country to see. Respect the office (or uniform), even if you can’t respect the man.