Where have all the smart republicans gone?
Watching the steely faced deliberately antagonistic noticeably white Republican senators accuse Latina judge Sotomayor of racism while “Sideshow Babe” in Alaska fumbles her way through her resignation and transparent power play one start to wonder what happened to the brilliant libertarian and shrewd conservatives of yester-year. Has politics in America become too intelligent for Republicans or have the real power players gone into hiding?
Next to a brilliant Colombia and Harvard educated community organizer and surrounded by a pervasive liberal media, maybe it is hard for these men and women to shine. With a socialist educated globe, (From European socialism to African socialism, South American and East Asian socialism) and worldwide collapsing religious based values, do conservatives account for much? Are they a minority or a dying breed?
Is the Republican Party the last bastion of the religious and conservative? The place where the seeds of institutionalized racism and superstition are gently nurtured for the times that they hope may return?
The shattering of the communist enemy has created a pinker gentler world. Every man is their own Stalin but at the same time their own Gorbachev. Even in the worst times personal Perestoika still brings the promise of renewal. In this new order where special designations, military might and big business become perennial threats, how does an institution that thrived on special designations, military might and big businesses survive? Does Republicanism survive?
Who then fights for personal freedoms and keeps the society from getting caught up in new waves of temporary destructive trends? Who prevents intellectuals from dehumanizing their fellow man for greater ideals? Who promotes the entrepreneur, the can do attitude?
Why must my choice now be between communism and fascism? Or between plebiscite democracy and theocracy? Why can’t we choose our representatives so that we may live our lives unemcumbered by either state duty or state control?
Where have all the republicans gone? Where have all the Republicans gone?
