Are Republicans a national party anymore?
April 30th, 2009 by John Grooms in Boomer with an Attitude
There’s big, big trouble in the Republican party. That’s no secret, and Sen. Arlen Specter’s defection to the Democrats was merely one symptom of the GOP’s unraveling. How bad has it gotten for the elephant party? Sen. John Cornyn, a mega-conservative from Texas, who is also chairman of the Republican Senatorial Committee, declared that he’s interested in having the GOP “regain our status as a national party.” As opposed to a mere angry faction, I suppose, since that’s what the party has become since its massive losses in the past two national elections. The bottom line of Cornyn’s statements was that his party is going to have to recruit people who aren’t bugged-eyed rightwingers in order to gain enough respect to become a more relevant voice again. If someone like Cornyn is throwing in the towel and admitting that the GOP has become too identified with the far right, then you can take it to the bank that the party is in seriously deep shit. I hope his comments didn’t make Glenn Beck cry again.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
The same stuff was said about the Dems when they lost four years ago. Anyways Grooms should know exactly why Spec left the GOP and it has to do with his bad poll numbers that just came out for re-election. Grooms use of the spec event to parlay it into general GOP trouble is just another example of trying to take advantage of poor uninformed liberals.
The GOP has its problems but after four years of Obama people will probably come running back to the GOP.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
What kind of retard writers are on this thing? That was some biased BS reporting, and it’s written like a 9th grader struggling to pass English. Honestly. Get some skills and read more than 2 articles before you type.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
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May 1st, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Hey, Frank, shut the hell up! What’s the phone number at your employer’s place?
May 1st, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Now that could fall under the ever widening definition of torture. I just could not subject my boss to that type of torture. Also giving you the answer would mean that I would be doing your work for you. Leave it to the liberal to look for the easy way out.
No need to curse BTW. Any chance you might have something to say about the article or do you just spam for the joy of it?