The canaries in the coal mine have stopped singing. The progeny of Republican Presidents are no longer singing the party line.
Susan Eisenhower just announced she is out. She is for Obama.
Ron Reagan was out several years ago.
Who is right, they or the party they could no longer stomach?
A lot of Republicans, even progeny of respected Republican Presidents, have lost faith in the Republican Party. Susan Eisenhower wrote:
My decision came at the end of last week when it was demonstrated to the nation that McCain and this Bush White House have learned little in the last five years.
They mishandled what became a crisis in the Caucusus, and this has undermined U.S. national security. At the same time, the McCain camp appears to be comfortable with running an unworthy Karl Rove-style political campaign. Will the McCain operation, and its sponsors, do anything to win?"
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/...
Reagan's son woke up sooner and was even more blunt:
In an April 2003 interview, Reagan said, "The Bush people have no right to speak for my father, particularly because of the position he's in now. Yes, some of the current policies are an extension of the '80s. But the overall thrust of this administration is not my father's – these people are overly reaching, overly aggressive, overly secretive, and just plain corrupt. I don't trust these people."
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
So, I await the usual character assassination response. And in anticipation of it, I ask, who is right, these good once-Republicans like Eisenhower and Reagan, or their critics?