Republican Lunacy- It Isn't a New Thing
I have something more to say about a remark from the late 1940's that I quoted in a post below, about a speech made by that great Republican, Herbert Hoover: "Former President Herbert Hoover said last night the "gigantic" increase in government spending could end only in socialism or fascism...A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril to liberty, our high duty is to see that this storehouse is not robbed of its contents." I originally mentioned this remark to indicate how little has really changed in the Republican party line over the last century or so. There is a strong perception among liberals that the current Republican lunacy dates from the Reagan era, or maybe as far back as Nixon. The truth is that the last Republican president who subscribed to rational beliefs was Teddy Roosevelt, and he left the Republican party when he saw what it was becoming. Here we have, from...