- July 14th, 2021, 3:19 pm
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One of my issues with the current Republican Party is it went from compassionate conservatism under Bush and turned into mean-spirited nationalism. You can say to vote for policy, not rhetoric, but we're in a place where rhetoric is influencing policy in ways it never used to do. On top of that, you've got the desire to own the libs that has infected everything the right does so even when conservative politicians agree with something from the left, the party leadership doesn't let them vote that way.
I was talking to a pastor friend this morning. He is/was friends with a local Republican politician who ran for office a few years ago. After being in office a few months, they met up and talked about how it was going. The politician told him it was very much a get in line or we'll beat you into submission until you do type of environment within the party. There was no room for disagreement. If you didn't follow the line, the whips stayed on you until you did.
It's all us vs them now - from both sides. I've all but checked out of national politics because of it and have started focusing my efforts at the local level.
I was talking to a pastor friend this morning. He is/was friends with a local Republican politician who ran for office a few years ago. After being in office a few months, they met up and talked about how it was going. The politician told him it was very much a get in line or we'll beat you into submission until you do type of environment within the party. There was no room for disagreement. If you didn't follow the line, the whips stayed on you until you did.
It's all us vs them now - from both sides. I've all but checked out of national politics because of it and have started focusing my efforts at the local level.
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