Required Reading

The Washington Monthly has a great cover story for its October 2006 issue. The article, entitled “Time For Us To Go,” features seven conservative writers making the argument to why the Democrats need to win this November.

It is an interesting dilemma for true conservatives isn’t it? The party of less government has suddenly become the party of more government. It is sad actually, a once-great political party has been corrupted by the sniveling neocons who took Regan’s policies and distorted them beyond recognition.

It may be simplistic, but Gingrich really was the start of this shift in the GOP. However, behind closed doors I am sure even he’d admit he doesn’t recognize the party anymore. More young people are buying into the selfish policies put forth by the neocon gatekeepers. But they’ll figure it out.

From the article:

With Republicans controlling Congress and the White House, conservatives these days ought to be happy, but most aren’t. They see expanding government, runaway spending, Middle East entanglements, and government corruption, and they wonder why, exactly, the country should be grateful for Republican dominance. Some accuse Bush and the Republicans today of not being true conservatives. Others see a grab bag of stated policies and wonder how they cohere. Everyone thinks something’s got to change.

Now seven prominent conservatives dare to speak the unspeakable: They hope the Republicans lose in 2006. Well, let’s be diplomatic and say they’d prefer divided government—soon. (Perhaps that formulation will fool Dennis Hastert.) Of course, all of them wish for the long-term health of conservatism, and most are loyal to the GOP. What they also believe, however, is that even if a Speaker Pelosi looms in the wings, sometimes the best remedy for a party gone astray is to give it a session in the time-out chair.