Sleeping with the Enemy

 By Russ Cote

There’s a schism in the GOP today pitting Conservatives, (I’ll call them ‘Traditionalists’), vs. Republicans, (I’ll call them ‘Moderators’). Almost as clearly drawn as the battle lines between the GOP and the Democrats, the Traditionalist/Moderator war is as much one for the future of the United States as the other. Full disclosure, yours truly falls squarely on the Traditionalist side of the aisle.

Here’s what I can’t understand about the Moderators; do any of the folks on that side, be they pundits or elected officials, honestly believe that tacking to the left or adopting some of their policies will endear the GOP to either Democrats or the amorphous ‘independent’ voter? I must be really missing something, because the vitriol that spews forth on a daily basis from the left is as unequivocal as you can get. The GOP, and in particular Traditionalists, are racist, sexist, elitist, mouth-breathing Neanderthals whom the world has long since passed by and are irrelevant in today’s progressive utopia.

Our elected GOP Moderators use the word ‘colleague’ often when lecturing as to why they need to work with the Democrats in Congress. Forgive me, but any GOP congressman who thinks that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, the dreadful Chris Dodd or the contemptible Barney Frank are even remotely interested in working with Republicans toward a common goal concerning the well-being of our Country are willfully blind, breathtakingly stupid or some combination of both. It is high past the time when a shared love for the exceptionalism of the United States bound together lawmakers of each party who differed only on method and means, rather than the end. Today the ‘goal’ of the President and the Congressional powers in the Democratic Party is qualitatively different than it was in the not so distant past. It is no longer a desire to preserve the people’s innate liberty so that they may pursue happiness according to their own values, ambition and effort; it is a lust for the power to dictate and control the means, manner and ultimately the outcome of the entire populace.

There can be no moderating between these two extremes. To finish Walter’s thought; I’m talking about a line in the sand here Dude. Across this line, you do not cross. Pick a side.