"What Does it Mean to Be a Republican?" - The California edition - Granite Grok

“What Does it Mean to Be a Republican?” – The California edition

O’Sullivan’s First Law:

Any institution that is not explicitly right wing will become left wing over time.

Well, the GOP isn’t explicitly right wing and too often we are seeing it isn’t even right of center.  Again, my favorite worst hobbyhorse is that Republicans instituted Medicaid Expansion – a major part of the Democrat process of turning us Socialist.  And now from California we see a similar action in which the Republicans are not only aiding the Dems but giving them “bipartisan cover” in a massive take over CA’s energy sector that is doomed to fail and kill lots of industry along the way (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Stockholm Syndromed CA GOP Partners With Jerry Brown To Continue Funding High Speed Rail

Goodbye, California GOP. At the conclusion of the 2016 GOP Presidential primary crapfest, I decided I was done with the party on a national level. And while not a fan of the state party for numerous reasons, I stayed a member, hoping I could help effect change here. After all, I’m one of the few Californians whose elected officials – from city council to congress – are almost exclusively Republican.

Then last night I watched in disbelief as party leaders joined forces with the Democrats to extend the state’s cap and trade program, which has a lot of partially-related items contained within, and that was the last straw.

Leaders of a political party based on individual freedom, free markets, and small government just championed legislation that continues a huge bureaucracy, minimum pricing (for the pollution permits), and increased taxes – while tearfully claiming they’re doing the right thing for the planet.

Yeah, the Stockholm syndrome (where a victim joins in with their oppressors with Patty Hearst being the prime example) could be one way of putting it. However, O’Sullivan’s Law could also explain it.  After all, elected GOPers are knee-deep with Socialist Democrats all the time.  Unfortunately, instead of the GOP convincing the Dems that their collectivism has never worked, they start adopting, not just the actions, but the underlying philosophy.  An incremental change, little bit by little bit – and you end up with Republicans throwing money all over for all kinds of stupid reasons.

And Cap N Trade is about as stupid as it comes.  Grown up in the room, no more GOP. As the author puts it:

Thanks, but there are thousands of Democrats I could vote for who would do the same thing.

Again, where’s that proverbial dime?

And just to make sure, let’s bring up Gov. John Kasich (R???-Ohio):

Kasich: Fix Obamacare With More Spending

Ohio Gov. John Kasich wants Congress to “fix” Obamacare’s insurance exchanges with more federal spending, he explained in a New York Times op-ed. “Congress should first focus on fixing the Obamacare exchanges before it takes on Medicaid,” Kasich wrote, insisting that the federal government “provide adequate tax credits” to prop up the failed law.

Hey, that Fed money is “free”, right?  And yet I was called a Nazi (really happened) at an NH GOP Annual convention for believing and saying that if the GOP says it believes in something, it ought to act that way.

Silly me.

(H/T: RedState)

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