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Originally posted by Publius
Clavus I couldn't have said it better myself. This is what I grew up believing Republicans to be and this is exactly why I cannot vote Bush for a second term. Where oh where, I ask, did this new form of Republicanism come from?
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It came from the same sources that have caused the Democrats to veer steadily to the middle, abandoning their traditional ideology...namely, a political system where candidates are forced to raise huge sums of cash to compete with the next guy. You don't have to be a conspiracy nut to believe that the donors of the aforementioned piles 'o cash might earn a little consideration when it comes time to draft legislation or hammer out a platform.