[Speed Gibson,
Friday February 16, 2007 at 11:53pm]
Quit pretending
In 2005, I learned to stop pretending that Governor Tim Pawlenty was a Republican. I voted for Sue Jeffors, then Peter Hutchinson. In 2006, I learned to stop pretending that the Minneapolis Star Tribune was worth reading despite the transcendent bias. I stopped subscribing.
In 2007, I learned that my U.S. Congressman Jim Ramstad, by his act of betrayal and cowardice in supporting a "non-binding" resolution against this country, isn't worth supporting any longer, either. That and his "moderate" record on many other issues means that I have cast my last vote for him.
Rudy Boschwitz was a much better Republican that Ramstad will ever be, but he had to go, too, when he stopped representing us and started to tell us what to think. The result was Paul Wellstone, but the world didn't come to an end. In fact, Wellstone was so far left that his votes seldom mattered.
A Republican Party of principle will not rise again if it has to continually try to excuse self-serving populist candidates like Pawlenty and Ramstad.
In 2007, I learned that my U.S. Congressman Jim Ramstad, by his act of betrayal and cowardice in supporting a "non-binding" resolution against this country, isn't worth supporting any longer, either. That and his "moderate" record on many other issues means that I have cast my last vote for him.
Rudy Boschwitz was a much better Republican that Ramstad will ever be, but he had to go, too, when he stopped representing us and started to tell us what to think. The result was Paul Wellstone, but the world didn't come to an end. In fact, Wellstone was so far left that his votes seldom mattered.
A Republican Party of principle will not rise again if it has to continually try to excuse self-serving populist candidates like Pawlenty and Ramstad.