"I want the Republicans back in power instead of the Texas Republicans,
the crazy crowd that runs the White House and dominates the Congress. ...
"Unlike the more broadly based traditional Republican party, Texas Republicanism has a narrow but politically effective
base -- the hard-core extremist Christian right-wingers and the corporate and businesses interests whose only real ideology
is money. "
DETROIT -- Our nation and the world would be far better off with the Republicans in charge.
No, I haven't taken leave of my senses. I want the Republicans back in power instead of the Texas Republicans, the crazy crowd
that runs the White House and dominates the Congress.
Texas Republicans created an unnecessary war, made Americans despised around the world and our nation less
secure, attacked basic civil and human rights, lost millions of jobs, made the rich richer and the poor poorer, left 40 million
Americans without health insurance, defiled the environment, created record deficits and fiscal chaos, debased political discourse
and twisted democratic institutions. ...
The Republican Party of the 19th and 20th centuries stood for good and decent things, and the party produced
many able presidents and congressional leaders who changed America for the better. The Texas Republican party of George W.
Bush has as much in common with the party of Abraham Lincoln as the ACLU does with the Ku Klux Klan. ...
Unlike the more broadly based traditional Republican party, Texas Republicanism has a narrow but politically
effective base -- the hard-core extremist Christian right-wingers and the corporate and businesses interests whose only real
ideology is money. ...
Dwight Eisenhower was the quintessential moderate. He built the interstate highway system -- imagine using
public money for infrastructure improvements instead of tax cuts for the wealthy. ...
Eisenhower's greatest offense to Texas Republicanism was his wise warning of the dangers of the "military-industrial
complex," a phrase he coined. The Bush administration is beyond cozy with military contractors. It's a full partnership, a
seamless garment of collusion that would make Ike sick. ....
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