Rockefeller?
One of the NPR talkshows this morning was discussing the 'independent voter', with some new statistics that show there really isn't any such thing. Most folks who call themselves independents are just as loyal to a single party as the folks who call themselves party members.

Inevitably on a subject like this, callers were claiming to be Rockefeller Republicans, and saying that they couldn't vote for R's lately because there aren't any Rockefeller Republicans now.

Raw nonsense. If you look at what the Rockefeller wing actually stood for, you'll find it has been fully in control of the R nominees since 1976.

Ford, Reagan, Bush The Father, Bobdole, Bush The Son, McCain, Romney.

All Rockefellerites, but only Ford was honest enough to wear the label. (Of course he didn't have a choice, did he?)

What did Rockefeller stand for? Enriching the elite at the expense of the working class, supporting the value system of the elite at the expense of normal human values.

Supporting feminism, homosexualism, environmentalism, secular "spirituality", free trade, open immigration, anti-discrimination laws.

Everything that materially and culturally enhances the life of the super-rich and materially and culturally destroys life for the working class.

Every idea developed by Teddy Kennedy was obediently implemented by these Rockefeller Republicans. All of these nominees and presidents have been comfortable with Hollywood and New York weirdos, and completely contemptuous of normal humans.

Callers who complain about missing Rockefellerites are not paying attention to REAL POLICY. They are being misled by the cute lip service that began with Reagan.

And, of course, that's the whole point of the lip service.

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Sidenote: I can't add Nixon to that list. His actions certainly belong in the same set. He did more for the Communist Cause than any of his successors. Abortion, Environment and Affirmative Action, the Three Holy Sacraments of American Communists: Nixon made all three into official government policies.

But despite all that, his personal and cultural side remained resolutely working-class American. He genuinely hated the Soviet Union, genuinely hated everything about Hollywood and New York, and sometimes snuck out of the White House at 3 AM to drink coffee with real people. Whether his left-serving actions were willing or blackmailed, I still have to forgive him. He was the last real American in the Republican Party.
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