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Lost in the he said/he said shuffle between AEI and David Frum was this observation from Frum’s infamous “Waterloo” post:
But we do know that the gap between this plan and traditional Republican ideas is not very big. The Obama plan has a broad family resemblance to Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts plan. It builds on ideas developed at the Heritage Foundation in the early 1990s that formed the basis for Republican counter-proposals to Clintoncare in 1993-1994.
But that’s exactly the problem, isn’t it? A lot of what passes for “conservatism” in the Republican Party and Washington more generally is really anything but. Some of its adherents merely represent the right wing of the same governing class that wants to run our lives. There tends to be a huge gap between the way Republicans behave when they are in opposition and the way they govern when they are actually in power. If you don’t care for Frum’s advice to the GOP, then you should take a very hard look at the GOP itself.
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Ken (Old Texican)| 3.31.10 @ 10:23AM
Antle III,
God help us, IF we can get the Republicans a majority in congress we must keep our fingers pointed at them on a daily basis thereafter.
It really is our fault so many have "slud" to the dark side in their power bubble.
I can only hope we can survive our inattention in the past.
Tim| 3.31.10 @ 10:29AM
Word
Becky| 3.31.10 @ 11:06AM
I noted this when Romneycare passed in this publication that I could not vote for him. And I didn't. I do like him, and think he is the perfect picture of a moderate. He likes the comfort zone best of all. Moderates do not entertain change.
Red Phillips | 3.31.10 @ 12:35PM
"But that's exactly the problem, isn't it? A lot of what passes for "conservatism" in the Republican Party and Washington more generally is really anything but."
Amen. I made the following observation on another blog, but it applies equally here. As Prof. Clyde Wilson has pointed out, the GOP is and always has been the Court Party. Since the 60's give or take, it has tried to convince us yahoos in flyover country that it is really one of us. It seems Frum and his ilk, who really ought to know better, have actually bought the GOP rhetoric that wasn't aimed at them. They have become convince that the GOP has actually become the party that represents yahoos in flyover country, and has ceased being the Court Party. But all one has to do is look past the rhetoric and at what the GOP actually does when in power to understand that they steadfastly remain the Court Party. How a smart guy like Frum could miss this is a mystery.