Conservatism, which used to be the heart of the Republican party, is a failed, bankrupt and now discredited ideology. Bush kicked it in the shins and knee capped it, then McCain /Palin stepped in and decapitated it! As Lawrence O'Donnell so thoughtfully yelled at Pat Buchanan last week on the newly retitled David Gregory show "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" "you come from a party that celebrates ignorance"! Indeed, the current Republican Party wallows in stupidity, anti-intellectualism, racism, homophobia, xenophobia and "Christofacism". As long as they cling to those values, they will be relegated to a regional and ineffective party.
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PRINCETON, NJ -- The Republican Party's image has gone from bad to worse over the past month, as only 34% of Americans in a Nov. 13-16 Gallup Poll say they have a favorable view of the party, down from 40% in mid-October. The 61% now holding an unfavorable view of the GOP is the highest Gallup has recorded for that party since the measure was established in 1992.
By contrast, the public's views of the Democratic Party remain as positive after the election as they were just prior to it. More than half of Americans, 55%, currently hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party and only 39% an unfavorable view, highly typical of views toward the Democrats all year.
The Republican Party's image deficit began well before 2008. In December 2005, the Republicans and the Democrats were rated about equally, with just under half of Americans viewing each party favorably. Shortly thereafter, the Republicans' favorable rating fell to 36%, and has since struggled to cross the 40% threshold. The Democrats' favorable rating gradually improved during 2006, and has not fallen below 51% since the spring of that year.
As long as conservatives obsess themselves with trivial issues like second amendment rights and building creationist museums and fight or deny proven science like global warming they will fade away and just become a bad memory.
The Republican Party heads into the New Year with its brand tattered by the election after decisive losses in the 2008 presidential and congressional races. Such a defeat inevitably leads to introspection in party circles about its message going forward.
Gallup addressed this issue in the recent poll with a question asking, "Over the next few years, would you like to see the Republican Party and its candidates move in a more conservative direction, a less conservative direction, or stay about the same?"
Most rank-and-file Republicans (59%) want to see the party move in a more conservative direction and another 28% want it to remain about the same. Only 12% would prefer to see the Republican Party become less conservative.
Most Americans do not want religion mixed with their government, Yes they may vote according to faith, but even then they show that forcing religion on all people is wrong. But they just don't seem to get it. The party leaders want to take the GOP in an even more conservative direction. I can just see Mike Huckabee, their favorite evangelist turned politico running with Sarah Palin in 2012..that would make me so very happy....again!
Video of the MSNBC "battle royal" between the superb Lawrence O'Donnell and the doltish Pat Buchanan.
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