The Imminent Demise of the Republican Party

The Imminent Demise of the Republican Party

To be honest, I think the Republican party has already died, and its decades-long death pangs began in the 1980s under Reagan. It is not the party I once belonged to as a young new voter. It has been hijacked by extremist neo-conservative ideologues of the Project for a New American Century.

But this is still a thoughtful--and brief--description of the ways in which the colossal arrogance of neo-conservatives--Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz, Perle, and as their figurehead, Bush--sets the stage for the destruction of what has been a noble (if often wrongheaded) political institution. It reminds me of this article by Robert Jensen in the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman about why it is a good thing we are losing the war in Iraq.

This is not your father's GOP.