As the nation looks at Gustav, other storms are brewing inside the hotels and convention halls of the Republican National Convention and the Campaign for Liberty. by Scott King Walker
(libertarian)
Sunday, August 31, 2008
As the nation looks south to the devestation that may soon be caused by Hurricane Gustav, other storms are brewing in Minneapolis. The weather outside is delightful, but inside the hotels and convention halls of the Republican National Convention, there is electricity in the air.
There is talk of the convention being "delayed" because of Gustav, but here on the ground, it feels like the real reason for delay will be the conservative revolt within the party, and an unwillingness to go head to head against the Rally for the Republic. These new conventions are designed to play to the media, and what reasonable party would let itself be upstaged by either a storm or a more popular political event across town? In person of course, there will be more people attending the RNC, but nationally the Rally for the Republic is likely to make more news and get more eyeballs. So it makes perfect sense for the RNC to be delayed "for Gustav". Just keep telling everyone that is the reason, and sooner or later it becomes the accepted "truth".
So what is underneath all of this? Depspite the recent rhetoric, and the pick of an apparent true conservative for vice president, there seems to be a undercurrent of "something going on" here. Real conservatives are not happy with John McCain. The nation stands on the brink of being foreclosed upon by its creditors, and the best that the allegedly conservative party can do is to talk about continuing to go in the wrong direction, but insist that we will sell grandchildren into bondage more slowly than the competition.
Government spending needs to be cut, and it needs to be cut NOW. Cutting it in half would be a good start. If that seems extreme to you, it won't later when the alternative is a Federal government that ceases to exist as we know it because it can't borrow enough to even fulfill its Constitutional obligations to the people and to the states, let alone the grossly unconstitional spending that people in the U.S. and around the world have been promised.
So what will come of this here? Most likely nothing. The Republican party can't afford to admit that our system is seriously broken, so they will nominate the man that the media has chosen for us. "The Show Must Go On", even if they delay it a few days to get better ratings. We will nominate the man who admits he doesn't understand economics, but whose record tells us that he believes in the ability of government to take care of us. The media will show just enough of the controversy to take the wind out of his sails so that they can get us to elect their first choice, rather than their second choice.
And then, eventually, the storm will hit.
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Posted By: Walt Thiessen
Date: 2008-08-31 07:10:24
Actually, it would be quite appropriate, a kind of "bread upon the water" result for the Republican convention to be associated with a hurricane. A hurricane is certainly an appropriate symbol for what the last 8 years of Republican leadership have amounted to.
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