Crackup? Not So Fast.

Is there any difference between the Republicans and the Democrats? DEFINITELY NOT! At the present, the only presidential candidate that would qualify as a true Reublican is Ron Paul. Bush, McCain, Romney, etc. contradict what Republicans are to be like. My vote is for Ron Paul; but I'm afraid that the majority of Republicans reject him because they don't care for the Constitution and our country.

Never one to be concerned with the truth, Rove writes:

"Reagan's gifts to the Republican Party were ideas: growing the economy through tax cuts" -- grand idea exceot the data shows that reducing taxes has NOT stimulated the economy.

"... limiting government's size" -- sounds good on the stump, but the reality becomes lead in toys, death & disease from prescription medicine, corruption in mortgages & student loans, etc, etc, etc

"... forcefully confronting totalitarian threats" -- an illusion to the fall of the USSR? if so, another Reagan myth that needs to be shattered. Read about about Rep. Charlie Wilson, Dem from Texas & then watch "Charlie Wilson's War". You'll find that the Rep's campaign to help the Afghani's bankrupted the USSR.

"... making human rights a centerpiece of America's foreign policy" -- if I wasn't crying for the dead Central Americans and the US citizens who were killed trying to help them, this would be laughable. (see 's comments)

"... respecting unborn human life" -- how about some health care for the resulting children, or maybe, some families to adopt them.

"... empowering the individual with more freedom" -- what!?

Mr. Rove, you are now irrelavent, Newsweek, you are disgusting

"If spirited competition on the Republican side is evidence of a crackup, then what about the Democratic battle?"

The Democratic Party has always been a spirited competition, a sign of a healthy democracy and it???s a reality that has been used against the left by spin masters like Mr. Rove. The fact that the different factions within the Republican Party are not on the same page, questioning the direction their party has taken under Bush???s leadership is perhaps the most significant sign that we have our democracy back, out of the grip of fascist, lawless leadership, the culmination of the conservative movement that started with the election of Ronald Reagan. It may not have happened if not for the utter incompetence and failure of the Bush Administration, thanks for that Karl. No, conservatism is hardly over but it sure is looking different these days.

Everyone else on the planet openly and candidly discusses the horrific impact of the neoconservative movement upon the governance of this nation over the past eight years, except the domestic press and the Right. The Jerusalem Post just last week contained a book review and candid assessment on the "socialization" of neo-conservatism in America. Here, it is considered anti-Semitic. Go figure. But it remains the eight hundred pound gorilla. The Republican Party is in the same shambles the Democrats found themselves in after Liberalism ousted the conservative Democrats. Embracing the Welfare State, Nation-Building, Deficit Spending, the complete abandonment of Limited (federal) Governance as a concept, and the use of fear as a tool of governance . . . has destroyed the Republican Party. So where do we go now? Until Republicans can totally rid themselves of neoconservatism, heroic conservatism, compassionate conservatism, WHATEVER, they will need a little quiet time in the corner to find themselves. Until then, I will not be a part of it.

we must never allow neo-conservatives like karl rove to never have a voce in world media.if this was the 1800,s karl rove would have been hanged for treason,no questions ask.if i outed a CIA-OPP,i would be in guantonamo bay being waterboarded

The GOP is not perfect. However, uniquely but not exclusively, as a young Black man-- I respect the Party of Lincoln. My hope is that more leaders will emerge in the GOP who are willing to implement creative intervention strategies focused on the most endangered American communities. And there are ways to do so without over-taxing and over-spending. The Party of Lincoln has a legacy of courage that runs deep.

What about karl rove? Yng- blk-4-mcain how do you feel about karl rove? why should african americans trust the republican party?

Probably more than half of the Republicans would prefer non-McCain to McCain, but no respectable alternative has emerged. The too little, too late effort to prop up Romney as the true conservative to RINO McCain will probably fall short. Ironicly, the winner-take-all system will make even a theoretical anti-McCain coallition of Romney and Huck fall short on delegates, and McCain will get the nomination with less than 40% of the votes.

Even the republicans want change that is why McCain will eventually win the nomination. A lot of republicans will vote for Obama in the national election. WHY? THIS ADMINISTRATION is MISGUIDED KARL. THE AMERICAN people cannot stay stupid forever. We want the best future for our children. Many Republicans are disenchanted with the current administration and their own nominee. Instead of voting for McCain they will vote democrat. There is no way a Republican can win this election. McCain will keep the race close but will lose in thirty seven states. It is time to implement the Jeffersonian doctrine, and take back control of OUR GOVERNMENT.
Remember the republicans had control of all three branches of government and did nothing. No one is going to fall for this again. Gore and Kerry must be scratching their heads and wondering how on earth they lost. The Republicans and JEB BUSH have to wait four more years.

FInally someone who recognizes that corporate America has indoctrinated the average JOE. JOE IS IN DEBT because he consistently made bad investments. Why do you think that the FED lowered interest rates twice. THEY do not want AMERICAN CITIZENS TO SAVE and INVEST rather they want you to spend at all costs.
STAY STUpid is the theme in this tragedy. IT is the reason many Americans are needlessly going broke. Many HAVE BEEN completely indoctrinated spend and make bad investments.
EIGHTY percent of the world's capital is owned by a thirteen to twenty families. BUSH's are directly linked to these families. THE QUEEN of ENGLAND is part of this as well. IT IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO KEEp people STUpid. INDOCTRINATE THEM TO Spend and manipulate the economy through the FEDERAL RESERVE to encourage people to spend. EVERY AMERICAN needs to learn this RULE.
The middle class has been the victim of corporate indoctrination. Stay StuPid. They do not want you to double your money they want you to double their money. Every middle class family should be able to do compound interest problems in their heads. It can be learned in grade two. It is a very useful skill to have because it gives you a lightning fast benchmark to determine how good (or not so good) a potential investment is likely to be.
The rule says that to find the number of years required to double your money at a given interest rate, you just divide the interest rate into 72. For example, if you want to know how long it will take to double your money at eight percent interest, divide 8 into 72 and get 9 years. If the Middle Class can make better financial decisions it would have a profound affect on the economy.
The rule A stronger middle class will make the rich richer in the long run and helP uPlift the Poor.

President Reagan's gifts to the Republican Party were ideas: growing the economy through tax cuts, limiting government's size, forcefully confronting totalitarian threats, making human rights a centerpiece of America's foreign policy, respecting unborn human life, empowering the individual with more freedom. Those ideas endure. They give Republicans a philosophical foundation on which to build...."
It is frightening to read that Karl thinks these ideas are a legacy upon which to build Reublicanism. The extension of each one has led America downhill by degrading our ability to care and support one another, which is the function of government. Don't let this man make you think the American people didn't get the message. Young people clearly see these "ideas" as they were contorted by the neoconservative lack-of administration to be life-destroying in practice. And to claim "respect for the unborn!" as a Republiican value - Please! People have always held life to be sacred, but women particularly understand how much energy reproduction requires and their choices have always been difficult. Injecting laws into their vaginas hasn't helped.

As for hating the addition of his opinion into Newsweek - it's ugly to read his clever mental manipulations. I'm sure the hope is his followers will become exposed to rational thought as they page thru Newsweek, looking for his column. We must believe Americans can now see through his slimy mentality.

Republicanism, as normally moderately applied by the likes of Nelson Rockefellor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mark Hatfield, Bob Packwood and countless others protecting the classical approach while the Democrats try to incorporate change: it's a continuum and all this punditry and rhetoric is pathetic.