Life-Long Republicans Who Don't Like Republicans

Newsbusters today identifies a couple of con-jobs that we see from time to time in the "mainstream" media, where they tout Republicans who, by golly, just have to support a Democrat in the current election.

Here's an excerpt from the first:

In an interview two months ago, however, Monica Green listed Ronald Reagan as the last Republican President with whom she “identified” and, asked whether she'd vote for Reagan if he were running against Barack Obama today, she equivocated as she implied Reagan was too anti-communist: “You mean if he was running against Obama today? Oh my goodness. That's a good question...His views on communism were probably not the view I would appreciate today. I've got a much more global perspective today, and Obama touches that.”

Notice that last sentence, how touchy-feely it is? How emotional? A solid Republican wouldn't make such an emotionalistic statement.

From reading the dichotomous statements of this Monica Green, who is a "life long Republican" who liked Reagan, but would vote for Obama over Reagan...if she ever really was a Republican, it's only because she blindly wandered into the party out of sheer ignorance. Anyone who can make a silly set of statements like that is either a bad liar (which many liberals are), or has never even considered the concept of developing a consistent philosophy (also common in liberals and "moderates").

An excerpt from the second example, which provides passages from some letters so-called "life long Republican" Henry A. Lowenstein sent to the New York Times:

From today's edition: "We have allowed this administration to lie, cheat and break the law, and to break its sacred oath to uphold and defend the Constitution."

May 26, 2003: "The decline of the dollar is a sign of what may come if we allow the folly of tax cuts when what we really need is a huge influx of capital and a shrinking of our trade deficits."

February 26, 2004: "John Kerry is no 'Massachusetts liberal' and no Michael Dukakis. John Kerry is Karl Rove's worst nightmare: a candidate who can go eye to eye with the president on foreign policy and terrorism, and whose record on health care, the environment and jobs is exemplary."

August 18, 2005: "The Bush administration's domestic plan is to make sure that every worthwhile, successful and fair entitlement program is eliminated. The administration's constituents, the super rich, do not need or want these programs."

For someone like this to have been a "life long Republican," he would have to have been pulling a Rip Van Winkle and someone rolled him over and pushed him into the Republican Party while he was asleep. What could he possibly like about the Republican Party? Elephants?

For the media to put such people forward as "life long Republicans" with a straight face, I can think of only two explanations: (1) the "mainstream" media is more stupid than we ever imagined possible, or (2) they know these people aren't representative of Republican values...and don't care.

As Michelle Malkin says, "When the MSM digs up 'life-long Republicans' who support Democrats …you know you’re being had."

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