Feeding The RINOs
By Bonnie Chernin Rogoff (04/21/05)
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean spoke before a breakfast meeting of a homosexual group and made the following comments regarding Terri Schiavo:
"This is going to be an issue in 2006, and it's going to be an issue in 2008 because we're going to have an ad with a picture of Tom DeLay saying, 'Do you want this guy to decide whether you die or not? Or is that going to be up to your loved ones?"
Dean left something out that is critical to the pro-euthanasia position. According to right-to-die advocates, the decision was always supposed to be left up to the individual, via verbal declarations or living wills. Dean doesn’t mention any of that, referring the decision to “loved ones.”
Howard Dean’s oversight belies a greater truth. The right to die is no more autonomous than the right to be born alive. It’s always someone else making the decision, often under questionable circumstances.
Having served on New England Planned Parenthood's executive board, Dean has direct experience with death and supports killing defenseless preborns who cannot speak for themselves. Whether Democrats use the horrific execution of disabled people like Terri Schiavo for political gain remains to be seen. Dean’s message is meant to batter GOP House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. The only campaign message Democrats have is to attack conservative pro-life Republicans. They make no attempt to explain their hypocrisies and potential ethical lapses regarding relatives on the payroll.
Compounding the problem are conservatives obsessed with keeping their majority in Congress. Spiteful RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) align themselves with Democrats when voting on issues pertaining to abortion and the judiciary.
The divide in the Republican Party traces to the 1964 Convention involving the Goldwater and Rockefeller factions of the party. The recent GOP split began with the elevation of social liberal Rudy Guiliani to god-like status by erstwhile conservative radio talk show hosts like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. It was, in fact, Mr. Hannity who campaigned hard later on for Arnold Schwarzenegger, driving the defeated Conservative Republican State Senator Tom McClintock into oblivion. Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson also threw support behind Schwarzenegger.
In the 2001 New Jersey gubernatorial race, conservative pro-life Republican Bret Schundler received little national support. The New Jersey GOP establishment didn’t like him. The Republican National Committee deprived Mayor Schundler of campaign funds and that’s why Democrat Jim McGreevey won decisively. McGreevey was later forced to resign in disgrace after allegations he sexually harassed a male subordinate surfaced.
Current Republican NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, an alleged former Democrat, received the blessings of the outgoing Rudy Guiliani along with other GOP leaders. Best known for his virulent smoking bans, Bloomberg’s social policies are indistinguishable from other NYC Democrats.
Since the so-called “Gingrich revolution” of 1994, the Republicans are weak, continue to make concessions on judicial nominees, and have shown absolutely no leadership in defending Terri’s Schiavo’s right to life. Senator John Warner of Virginia was the only Republican to vote against Terri’s law. Do we need Republicans like this? At least when we were the minority party, we had principles!
Hostility towards Tom DeLay by RINO Rep. Christopher Shays and fellow RINO Senators Lincoln Chafee, John Warner, John McCain and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist empowers the Democratic base and the media to continue their assault and demand for DeLay’s resignation. While expressing overall support for DeLay, Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo suggested that DeLay “temporarily step aside” until the ethics investigation concludes. The mainstream media ignored the praise and focused on the demand to temporarily step aside. Republicans must learn to use discretion in expressing any criticism of their fellow GOPers.
Tom DeLay’s “fiery” rhetoric criticizing the overpowered judiciary following Terri Schiavo’s murder was refreshing. His follow-up apology sounded like a retraction, not a clarification regarding his choice of words. Sadly, Tom DeLay is one of the few conservative Republicans left. President Bush is a principled man but has forgotten the mandate he won last November and continuously seeks consensus even when one is not required.
The GOP leadership must take some immediate action to salvage credibility with its core voters. The pro-life platform must be revitalized with the additional focus on end-of-life issues. Judges should be held accountable for their actions and impeached when they overextend their authority. Senate rules should be revised to ensure that all qualified judicial nominees receive a fair up or down vote in the full Senate for confirmation. Finally, conservative candidates must be recruited and supported financially.
In 2006 and 2008, Howard Dean and his Democrats will be vicious, deceitful, unified, and probably force Republicans to move farther left. They’ll have financiers like George Soros and the media on their side. Karl Rove will continue to feed the RINOs and lead them to a watered-down center. Republicans must remain committed to their base and ignore candidates disloyal to our traditional values.
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