Today was a good day for conservatism

I’ve been doing a lot of B.O. (Barack Obama/Bend Over) Republican-bashing the past few weeks. Watching the Republicans crumble on the Geithner and Holder nominations, swoon over The One’s congeniality, and display indecision over the stimulus hasn’t been easy on the stomach or the head.
But credit must be given where it is due. Today was a very good day for conservatism — and a good day for the party whose logo I’ve had to run upside-down for too long.
Thank you, GOP.
It’s a sad state of affairs when I can tally the number of notably good days for the Republican Party on one hand over the past two years: the defeat of shamnesty, the (temporary) prevention of massive S-CHIP expansion, last summer’s Drill, Baby, Drill revolt on the House floor. Fortunately, the GOP held the line this evening in a remarkable, powerful way. They may have lost the vote, but they sent a lasting message. They took a stand for principle and posterity. They took a stand against generational theft. They reclaimed their brand as the party of small government, low taxes, and fiscal responsibility. They restored their damaged credibility.
And guess what? It didn’t take a lot of fancy new slogans or flashy, high-tech tools or slick, high-priced strategists. They simply united and said “NO.” They slammed their foot on the brakes in a Congress full of reckless, panicky drivers. They peeled off 11 Democrats in the process. They forced the Obamedia to cover the excessive pork and dubious stimulative value of this monstrosity. They made conservative values count.
There’s no mystery in how best to rebuild the party and energize the base: Talk like conservatives. Walk like conservatives. Vote like conservatives.
Senate Republicans, take note. Don’t squander this opportunity for redemption. Make no apologies for principled obstructionism. Counter the inevitable liberal overreaching with plain facts and free-market alternatives.
Stop licking boots. Start kicking ass.
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Well there was the STD’s….
BAD sonofdy bad boy….
no desert for sonofdy…
sonofdy only gets half a share of the re-distrubuted wealth now.
All this complaining about how “Republicans abandoned their principles” sounds like a lot of really bitter sour grapes at this point. Had you been more critical at the time it was happening, perhaps you could have salvaged your party. Instead of defending your principles, you defended your party and your president — who is suddenly, incredibly, retroactively a “liberal,” worthy of your disdain — who made some really, really lousy mistakes. This is not the Democrats’ fault, it is entirely your own.
Still, it’s very refreshing to hear conservatives complain about government spending once again. I sincerely hope you all find your voice in the next few years, because we will need it.
Not to worry sonofdy. Being the good liberal he is, eaglehascrashed will make sure others give up a portion of their wealth re-distribution so you will be OK.
Of course, there will be the mater of his overhead and expenses for arranging this for you.
No, no, no, Michelle, the Republican Party needs to be rebraaand- *SMACK*
Sorry…
This wasn’t conservative. This was party politics. I have no delusions that the GOP is interested in being the party of small government.
huggybear wrote:
I don’t think you’ve been paying much attention to this blog, but this place never cut Bush any slack whenever he acted like a liberal. It defended him when he did the right thing, and rightly slammed him when he went the wrong way, be it on amnesty, massive domestic spending, political correctness, eco-hokeyness, or whatever else.
I don’t know if everything he says is right, but I became a lot more conservative because of some things he said in the primaries that turned out to be absolutely spot on.
LGM
The Dems refused to allow the republicans a voice in setting up this pork filled legeslation. This bill blongs solely to Obama and to the Democrats in Congress
People it is time to get on the phone to our Senators and to our local papers. It is time for a lot of noise about Obama’s new socialism, pig feeding bill.
We face run away inflation if this thing passes and we need to lay that in Obama’s lap and the House Republicans have given us that opportunity. 46% of this country needs to make itself heard and now and I bet a lot of Democrats who do not support socialism for this country will join us.
I LOVE IT
Actually, we were. If you have proof that we conservatives were cheering on Bush’s lavish spending, present it. Otherwise, STFU.
Mister P said (#138):
Not so. Obama made important changes to the stimulus package because of Republican input — more tax cuts, cutting aid to mass transit, etc. Now Democratic strategists are saying: no matter what concessions we make, Republicans don’t cooperate. Let’s ignore them.
You should stick you head out of the conservative blogosphere cave — visit Ezra Klein or tpm — you’ll get a more complete picture of the world.
Actually, the Dear One’s response to Republican requests for changes to the Spending Bill were two words: “I won.”
It’s been four months since Harry Reid allowed a Republican to offer an amendment to a bill.
It’s been over a month since I’ve seen you link here to TPM. I thought you were in remission.
Gotta watch the approval polls. The only thing that will stop the porkulous is public opinion.
Unlike W in his second term, Obamachev isn’t going to squander his political capital.
Okay, lgm has offered his two cents worth for the week. “Anybody got change?”
Name five specific cuts the GOP asked for and Obama implemented in this bill? And giving “tax cuts” to illegal immigrants and others who don’t pay taxes IS NOT A TAX CUT. IT IS WELFARE!
If you think your world is “complete” then you should consult with your doctor about adjusting your meds.
Hey, Eaglehasfarted…there were about 47 million people who did NOT vote for your messiah. What about the will of those people? I know you feel the will of the people only applies to liberals, but there are a lot of pissed off conservatives out there…millions! The chickens will eventually come home to roost.
Yeah…can you imagine if she becomes President? You think Bush Derangement Syndrome was bad…she would be crucified! I’m afraid it might be too dangerous for her to even think about running.
Now lets keep it up for the next 2 years and take back the House and Senate then two more and take back the White House! Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhh!
For the last two years, it has felt like the 1980s and Tip O’Neil all over again. Ms. Pelosi was a good student of Thomas P…….
And why, exactly, should the person being marched to the guillotine HAVE to stay in step with the executioner?
The Dems gave up one or two very minor things and that makes it all OK!
NOT!!
This cartoon shows how the Dems are treating the GOP.
From Townhall:
http://townhall.com/cartoons/2009/01/29/5