Where The GOP went SOL

The White House is gone. Congress has been gone for two years. Traditional Red States have gone Blue.

Republican's Gilded Age was the Reagan Years. Small Government, low taxes and less government interference in the life of the citizens. All I hear lately is about Reagan. As if the party is stuck in this 1980's mind frame and unable to accept the fact that the country as a whole has moved more liberal in ideology and concern to social welfare.

Big Government. It happened. I don't think Bush wanted it to happen, but Sept. 11 did change the game. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security was a necessity.

No Child Left Behind was not. Not only was it government involvement wholly on the local level, it went against the major tenure of State's Rights and accountability measured with respect to those on the local level. From the GOP Website:

Education is a parental right, a state and local responsibility, and a national strategic interest.

So to have the Fed's tell the local level how to run their schools is mind boggling.

Although the Constitution assigns the federal government no role in local education, Washington’s authority over the nation’s schools has increased dramatically. In less than a decade, annual federal funding has shot up 41 percent to almost $25 billion, while the regulatory burden on state and local governments has risen by about 6.7 million hours – and added $141 million in costs – during that time. We call for a review of Department of Education programs and administration to identify and eliminate ineffective programs, to respect the role of states, and to better meet state needs.

Exactly. The Constitution assigns no role for the federal government in local education. Enough said on that.


The GOP is the Party of Pro-Life. So how can you have individuals representing the Republican Party who are Pro-Choice? You can't. Again you lose Credibility.
From the GOP Website:

Faithful to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence, we assert the inherent dignity and sanctity of all human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and we endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children. We oppose using public revenues to promote or perform abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it. We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity and dignity of innocent human life.

Yet again, we find a party that doesn't hold up its own ideals.

It is written in their Platform, yet not followed in its Politics.

Immigration. What a mess. You say you want it to end, but lets not forget Reagan gave Amnesty to millions of illegals in the 1980's. That can not be forgotten.

You can't say you want safeguards, then at the same time, people like McCain and others want Amnesty for illegals. Again, going against your platform.
From the GOP Website:

We oppose amnesty. The rule of law suffers if government policies encourage or reward illegal activity. The American people's rejection of en masse legalizations is especially appropriate given the federal government's past failures to enforce the law.

Republican Party, the reason you lost the government is not because the Democratic Party is better, but because their message is in line with their actual platform and has been CONSISTENT.

So take some time off and find yourself. You have 4 years.