Are we to the point of asking “what will the Republicans stand for – do they even know what they stand for”? Or do we relegate them mostly sit in the corner, mumbling to themselves, drooling? Anyone that knows me knows that I am always good for a debate (er, not that I am always “good” – just always ready to debate) but I also like to listen to a good debate as well. Best part for me is listening to the Round Table segments of Fox News “Special Report with Bret Baier”.
But as I was listening Thursday night, my head snapped around from the laptop when I heard Tucker Carlson. They had been talking about the Fiscal Cliff and what was next:
But look, this is not the end. Even in this month, so Democrats have said that they want to get an immigration bill and a gun control bill through by the end of January. Whether they do that or not is an open question.
I spoke to a senior Republican, VERY senior republican last night and asked a simple question “Do you think that a lot of members in your caucus will break and vote for gun control. He said “YES”. That has got to be the last core Republican issue there is. If you see a sizable number of Republicans peel off to vote for a new version of the assault weapons ban, say, then, you know, it’s over at that point. They are just not a credible opposition if that happens.
Sure, I railed about the Congressional vote (“For a meager mess of porridge; so what DOES the Republican Party stand for now?“). Yes, it could have been cast as a win, as the long decided Bush tax cuts are now permanent – but not for all. The Republicans were willing to sacrifice some – letting Obama crow that he had broken their will on raising taxes, as their compromise did exactly that. $620 Billion more to fund an even bigger Government (any thoughts of it going to reduce the defict are about as illusory as the “clean” air in the Choom Gang’s Volkswagen bus).
Do the Republicans wish to defend the innocence of the vast majority of Americans, many of them Republicans, who the Left are declaring to be guilty simply because we own “scary” looking rifles?