Thank You Lawrence...

[WillyT]

Editorial: Eight myths to chill an old-school Republican soul
By the Editorial Board | St. LouisPostDispatch
Posted: Sunday, June 26, 2011

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It's sad to see what has happened to the Party of Lincoln, and for that matter, the party of lesser mortals like George H.W. Bush of Texas, Bob Dole of Kansas and Jack Danforth of Missouri. No one ever would mistake them for liberals, but they were statesmen who put country before party.

Today we have the spectacle of smart, patriotic men and women putting their brains and integrity on ice to please a party dominated by anti-intellectual social Darwinists and the plutocrats who finance and mislead them.

Consider the mythology that makes up GOP orthodoxy today. Imagine the contortions that cramp the brains and souls of men and women of intelligence and compassion who seek state and national office under the Republican banner.

• They must believe, despite the evidence of the 2008 financial collapse, that unregulated — or at most, lightly regulated — financial markets are good for America and the world.

• They must believe in the brilliantly cast conceit known as the "pro-growth agenda," in which economic growth can be attained only by reducing corporate and individual tax rates, especially among the investor class, and by freeing business from environmental rules that have cleaned up America's air and water and labor regulations that helped create America's middle class.

• Though rising health care costs are pillaging the economy, and even though health care in America is now a matter of what you can afford, Republican candidates for office must deny that health care is a basic right and resist a real attempt to change and improve the system.

• GOP candidates must scoff at scientific consensus about global warming. Blame it on human activity? Bad. Cite Noah's Ark as evidence? Good. They must express at least some doubt about the science of evolution.

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More: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/article_b477e0fb-aab4-5d8e-90fe-c42826da31dd.html

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[Duppers]

1. Thank you, thank you

I was googling earlier to try to find this gem.

[senseandsensibility]

2. K, R, and thanks for posting.

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3. Who is Lawrence and what does he have to do with this post?

The word Lawrence appears in the subject line but nowhere else in this entire post. The only speculation that I can come up with as to what this is about is that maybe Lawrence O'Donnell covered this on his show. God, how I wish people would tell us what they're talking about and not expect everybody to read their minds or know what they just watched or listened to.

[Snotcicles]

4. Yes Lawrence O'Donnell read it on his show last night. As usual, it was very powerful. emo. nt