If the title doesn't give you the gist of the article, the fact that the article's google pole position is held by antiwar.com should. But here's the thesis of the article:
"The bell is tolling for the GOP warmonger caucus. Unless the leading Republican presidential contenders join Ron Paul – soon – in detaching themselves from the failed Bush policies, many more Americans are likely to conclude that the Republicans are crazy. And to vote accordingly."Bandow is beside himself that Republicans (not just the GOP presidential candidates) don't agree with him and Ron Paul and Usama Bin Laden about the Global war against Jihadists, and he r_e_p_e_a_t_e_d_l_y proclaims that Paul is not "blaming America" when he says that we are the subject of the Jihad because we have a military presence in that part of the world and because we have been bombing Iraq for the past decade. It sounds to me like Paul is saying that we are causing Jihadists to hate us or that we are forcing them to defend themselves, doesn't it to you?
But that is a semantic game Paul is playing and it isn't really the issue. We have interests in a stable middle east. Israel deserves our support. Oil is a commodity that we need to be able to buy. We cannot allow Jihadists to plot, scheme, train, and arm themselves unhindered in their war against us. A decisive number of GOP primary voters understand this; ergo, it stands to reason that all (save one) persons seeking to win a GOP primary understand (or at least pretend to understand) this.
But even a Republican candidate for president who doesn't view foreign affairs the same way as George W. Bush (or W's zionist neo-con puppetmasters!!!!) can appreciate that Republican voters balk at suggestions that Bush's motives for this war were nefarious; that the mistakes or misjudgments made in this war--as opposed to every other war in history, were extraordinary; or that we will be safe from Jihadist designs if we simply pull our troops out of Iraq (and are on our best Jihad-neutral behavior indefinitely).
Maybe if GOP primary poll samples included Liberal journalists and other pacifist-lite Americans Ron Paul would be polling higher than 2%. Maybe.
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I just love to see the GOP tearing itself apart. Bible thumpers will retreat from the party when Giuliani is nominated, the Ron Paul guys will probably go over to the Dems when he fails to get nominated.
Well at least the Republican religious right can chalk up one great victory. This week ended a 9 yr court battle: Sex toys are now officially illegal in AL. Congratulations on a hard fought conservative Republican victory over the evils of genital stimulation.
Back to your original question - are Republicans crazy? Well, this little news flash may help your readers decide that.
I'm sure you do . . . and it is the MSM's pleasure to scratch that itch. Contrast that with the constructive, positive work of such dear orgs as dailykos.
Re. the Alabama/S.Ct. ruling, one thing I'll say is don't move to Alabama, William.
But are Republicans necessarily Religious Conservatives? Were Republicans even the majority in the Alabama legislature when this was passed? Inquiring minds (should) want to know . . .
Reading an AP article on the matter, though, I was tickled (pardon the pun) by Sherri Williams --the store owner who brought the suit. She says she's "disappointed, but plans to sue again on First Amendment free speech grounds.
"My motto has been they are going to have to pry this vibrator from my cold, dead hand. I refuse to give up," she said." Well, her motto can remain unchanged as she is free to have her vibrator; the law doesn't address that issue.
She also says,
"The U.S. Supreme Court said states can legislate morality," she said. "I don't feel it is fair to the people who do not agree with the morality of the Legislature." Well, since every law is someone's morality, her comment is nonsense.
I've got another post on your movement.
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