From: John Cuccia 

As much as you'd like to lay all the blame on Bush, you can't.  The entire
leadership of the GOP deserves blame for the near-destruction of their
party.

"It's the hypocrisy, stupid."

And as much as you guys are hoping for rescue by deus ex machina in the
body of Newt, remember this: he's as hypocritical as any of the current
crop of GOP leadership.  His only support in a national election will come
from the ~30% of the electorate that constitutes the GOP base.


On Thu, 17 May 2007 12:43:54 -0400, Gary Britt
 wrote:

>I agree the Republican party leadership in congress craped out and should
>all be fired.  I agree with several of your points about what they did
>wrong.  Their wrong doing started with the coup against Newt Gingrich.  That
>was the start of all the ills you complain about.  However, despite all of
>those wrongs, it could be (not yet certain but could be if Bush and the
>Congress pass comprehensive immigration reform) that Bush II will do an even
>better job of destroying the republican party than his father did, and his
>father, like I said, left the party in tatters worse off than before Reagan
>came into power and rebuilt the party.
>
>Gary
>
>John Cuccia wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:54:39 -0400, Gary Britt
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> I really don't understand how you can make the statement below
or on what
>>> basis or facts you deduce such a statement is correct.
>>
>> It's simple.  While W is indeed an abomination, the Republican
>> Congress was just as bad.
>>
>> They swept to power promising to clean up Beltway (read, Democratic)
>> corruption.  Instead they raised it to an art form.
>>
>> They were elected on promises to restrain the growth of federal
>> spending and the federal government.  Instead they spent like drunken
>> sailors and grew the government.
>>
>> They promised to run the country like a business.  Well, that's one
>> promise they kept.  Republicans in Congress ran the country like
>> Kenny-boy and friends ran Enron.

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