Welcome to my world, Mark. More from Levin:
“I think they want to be kingmakers; I think that if they’re not involved in making these decisions — imposing them on the rest of us — they’d just as soon be on the outside throwing bricks at the White House, at Obama, where they can raise money and empower themselves. But I honestly am starting to believe that they’d rather Obama win than a conservative Republican.
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: It’s not about party. It’s about the ruling class vs. the rest of us — and we are the enemy of the ruling class establishment, both Democrat and Republican, who have far more in common with each, in terms of their goals, than they do with the people they are elected to represent.
Boehner and McConnell made that clear during the debt ceiling debate, undercutting CC&B, holding symbolic votes to mollify the base while simultaneously working behind the scenes — in secret — to broker a “compromise” deal that in the end studiously avoided the spending problem, produced phantom cuts (while reinforcing the false notions that a decrease in the rate of increased spending is a “cut,” and that a shut down of government, coupled with forced prioritized spending, is a “default”) and leading directly to a credit rating reduction. And John McCain all but told us, parroting the intentionally unflattering terms used by the WSJ editorial board, that the base of the Republican party is anathema to the inside-the-Beltway political class, who in a perfect world could just rule over us and not have to put up with our unreasonable and extremist demands — specifically, that we stick to first principles and honor the Constitution, while working to shrink the power and reach of the federal government.
Pay attention to how those on “our” side begin to counsel us, yet again, on how the “conservatives” and “purists” are engaging in “unhelpful” rhetoric — that they need to be careful what they say lest the left take it out of context and use it as a weapon.
Amen!
I agree with his statement, but find it very disturbing. Why? Because I think exactly the same way about Obama winning if a RINO gets the nomination. I would rather see a hopelessly gridlocked government with the TEA party gaining strength the thwart Obama, than a RINO who might get a modicum of support to push toward socialism with a gentler touch.
Compromise has gotten us where we are today. The political landscape in our country has been so slanted by the schools and MSM that Che would be considered a “moderate” and Eisenhower as a “dangerous right wing extremist”. The time for half measures is past. If we can’t get a fiscally conservative guardian of the Constitution as it’s written then gridlock is the next best thing, not another McCain or W lookalike.
@JustAl:
I agree, which is why I do not support Romney, or Perry, or anyone but a couple of candidates thus far. My hope is that a certain person from the north will enter the race. Of course, the establishment GOP would be seeing red at that moment, and the attacks on her from those in her own party would rival anything the left has thrown her way.
What the country will see, if Romney is the candidate, is grudging support for him from the TEA Party movement, only as a counter to Obama. Unfortunately, that would work counter to the TEA Party’s goals.