The GOP

Great article from Bradley Harrington. Here are some excerpts.

There was once a time, many decades ago, when the Republicans advocated liberty and individualism; when the GOP supported capitalism, free enterprise, and private-property rights; when the party opposed poverty-inducing schemes such as Social Security and food stamps; when they would have viewed institutions such as the Department of Energy or the Department of Education as unconstitutional; and when they believed that the proper role of our military was to protect our nation from attack - not to engage in costly, counterproductive, and imperialistic overseas adventures such as the floundering mess they have made of Iraq….

We all know that the Democrats stand for the “welfare” state. What do the Republicans stand for? McCain poses and postures before the American public as a “maverick,” but the facts beg to differ: McCain stands for the status quo, i.e., for the mixed-economy “welfare” state, just like the Democrats. He would merely exercise the federal government’s near-totalitarian control over the citizens of the United States in a slightly different fashion.

Yet if the Republicans do not stand for liberty, individualism, and constitutionally limited government, they stand for, and represent, nothing….