The Beginning of the End Already?

April 21, 2005 6:58 PM

While blaming Democrats still seems to be the rule, cracks appear to be forming in the far right's support of the Republican party. Some advocate a boycott on donations. Others want the party to take its cues from the new Pope. But, with some already paying the price for going to far out of the mainstream, is it feasible to think that a demand to be 'more conservative' or 'more Christian' will be heard?
posted by UseyurBrain (14 comments total)

Forgot another link that is more timely than the Post-Gazette story.
posted by UseyurBrain at 7:03 PM on April 21, 2005

"In all fairness, I want to hear from Senator Frist directly on this issue of leadership. I left a message with his press office yesterday asking for one of his staff to call me or e-mail me for an interview, in order to allow them to respond to my criticisms on this blog."

Best of luck, Cap'n!
posted by trharlan at 7:30 PM on April 21, 2005

Well, they won't go Democrat--ever. And it feeds their persecution complexes. They've already made enormous gains, and if they're not satisfied, the rest of the country's unhappiness at their success so far should make them happy.

Let them run a 3rd-party person for Pres who will do exactly what they want in 08--Judge Roy Moore or Newt maybe? ; >
posted by amberglow at 7:38 PM on April 21, 2005

And it feeds their persecution complexes.

Oh the irony.
posted by justgary at 7:51 PM on April 21, 2005

yeah, justgary, i forgot about that whole Constitutional Amendment thing against Rightwingers. How silly of me. Idiot. Who's in control of 2 out of 3 branches of government, and counting?
posted by amberglow at 7:59 PM on April 21, 2005

Delay-Dobson '08. We might even be able to get Kerry elected with that ticket in the mix.
posted by ontic at 8:02 PM on April 21, 2005

Who's in control of 2 out of 3 branches of government, and counting?

You must be one of them thar activist mefites.
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:03 PM on April 21, 2005

unelected to boot.
posted by quonsar at 8:16 PM on April 21, 2005

I dunno. Hasn't our ancient, well-respected "evil will defeat itself" meme taken a beating as of late?

To flesh that out, I'm positive that -- with the great number of non-voters out there -- each party believed that, if only they could get these people to vote, they'd "do the right thing". (I know the Dems believed that, anyway) Does anyone believe that anymore? If we could get young people to come out in droves, do we really think that it would reveal that there's a secret undercurrent of dems in America that proves it actually is a country that wants all the things we hope it wants? (or moderates? or believers in logic and science?)
posted by dreamsign at 9:33 PM on April 21, 2005

(is this the part where we start waiting for the new george wallace to come along and fracture the conservative base and singlehandedly reverse the party affiliations, allowing the new liberal republicans to sweep the political landscape clean?)
posted by kaibutsu at 11:50 PM on April 21, 2005

The best thing that Dems can do now is (clandestinely) encourage a conservative third party. Let's see what Perot is up to!
posted by klangklangston at 11:55 PM on April 21, 2005

Let them run a 3rd-party person for Pres who will do exactly what they want in 08--Judge Roy Moore or Newt maybe? ; >

Judge Roy Moore!? No sir. my vote is for Judge Roy Bean.
posted by nola at 5:59 AM on April 22, 2005

Well, they won't go Democrat - amberglow

But will they stay home?

The best thing that Dems can do now is (clandestinely) encourage a conservative third party. Let's see what Perot is up to! - klangklangston

First, you should probably go figure out what 'conservative' means.
posted by rush at 11:19 AM on April 22, 2005

I don't think they will, rush. That's the problem. The really religious ones will stay home if they're disappointed or angered enough, but the others won't.

I would never sit out a presidential election, so i usually assume others who are interested won't either (no matter which side).
posted by amberglow at 11:23 AM on April 22, 2005