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What happened to my party?

Posted by Jim Knowlton on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:43:46 PM
I became a Republican because we were the party of ideas.  I read "Conscience of a Conservative", "God and Man at Yale", "The Conservative Mind."  I entrusiastically supported Ronald Reagan.  I less-enthusiastically supported other Republicans running for President.
 
But what has happened to my party?
 
The party of ideas has turned into the party of victimhood and resentment.  The latest flap about Obama's "lipstick" comment is silly and contrived.  And how will it truly help Americans?  I'd like to see the campaign spend less time on these kinds of schoolyard attacks (after all, McCain used the same words to refer to Hillary Clinton) and more energy put into specific proposals, not just general statements, concerning the size of government, energy, the economy, etc. 
 
How's about it Republicans...let's put down the "insult stick" and start talking about real plans, of which ours are clearly superior.
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Palin's Speech Tonight...

Posted by Jim Knowlton on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:36:07 PM
The convention crowd will go nuts, but the real test of the speech will be 3 or 4 days after the convention, in the polls. It will be interesting to see where it shakes out. Obama right now has about a 6 point lead in the RCP average. I think the magic number is about 3 percent. If in 3 or 4 days, Obama is still up by more than 3 points, he's going to feel pretty good. If less than 3 points, then I think McCain will feel like the convention did its job.

Then it's off to the debates...
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The problem with politics...

Posted by Jim Knowlton on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:10:47 PM
Amanda Carpenter reports on research some are doing on Joe Biden's grandson, and whether he was conceived "out of wedlock", as they say. 
 
My two cents:
I think this is getting completely out of control.  We as conservatives have absolutely no moral authority complaining about the intrusive coverage of Sarah Palin's family if we do the same thing to Joe Biden.  I thought it was wrong when they did it to Governor Palin, and it's wrong to do it to Senator Biden. 
 
One of the things that causes me to be a conservative is that I really do believe there is a moral code you should govern yourself by.  And to dig into Joe Biden's grandson's state of birth (he was born in 1993, so he's 15 now) is just wrong.
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Problems with Palin

Posted by Jim Knowlton on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:54:41 AM
When it comes to the selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate, I'm with David Frum...I think it's an irresponsible choice that could (will?) come back to haunt McCain.

Of course, there are scurrilous charges that have no merit. Of course, there is media bias. But here are some details that are coming out that are issue-based, and much more troubling to me:

My take:

I think it's clear she was a rash choice. I'm not at all comfortable with her as VP. I would strongly have preferred someone like Romney, Pawlenty, Cantor, even Mike Huckabee to her. I think (and I get no pleasure from saying this) that this choice will hand the election to Obama.

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