The Rats Remain on the Republican Ship — Good People Leave

Posted on August 31, 2008 in Campaign 2008 Liberty

Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of [[Eisenhower|DDE]], left her grandfather’s party because she was sick and tired of the Rovian takeover:

This week, I changed my registration from Republican to independent. The two political parties as they exist today, and the partisanship that they foster, reflect the many fights of the cold war, the Vietnam era, the post–cold war and the 9/11 periods. Today we are in a different place altogether, where our security as a nation is challenged not just from abroad but also close to home. The energy, health-care and financial crises threaten our national prosperity and well-being, just as surely as any confrontation overseas or an attack by radical terrorists.

The word is out: if you like Republican politics as they stand now, you are an extremist. And, given the state of affairs in Minneapolis where they are locking up demonstrators against Bush and McCain, this extremism is not in defense of liberty, therefore a vice.

I doubt Barry Goldwater would have anything to do with this crowd.

[tags]Campaign 2008, Eisenhower, Karl Rove, Mean John McCain, John McCain, extremism[/tags]