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Relevance and the GOP

By TChris

Here's a half truth:

An irrelevant Republican Party does no one any good.

Assuming "irrelevant" in this context means powerless, here's the other half: An irrelevant Republican Party does no one any harm. It's not as if a "relevant" Republican Party did any good for the nation as a whole.

The Republican Party is viewed favorably by 34 percent of Americans, while the Democratic Party is viewed favorably by 55 percent. It seems that lying about war, mismanaging the economy, letting New Orleans drown, bullying voters with endless threats about terrorist villains, and covering up scandals involving corruption or bad behavior have set the public against the GOP. Should that surprise us?

If Republicans want to become relevant again, the formula is simple. Learn to govern. Learn to behave. Learn to tell the truth. After the GOP does those things, it can consider another attempt to be relevant to the nation's future.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).