Wouldn't It Be Good For America, If Republicans Welcomed As Much Internal Dissent Within Their Party

[WillyT]

as we do here???

:evilgrin:

[mmonk]

1. One day, they may have no choice.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. It's the good part of America. The people.

MKJ

[Double T]

3. Sometimes dissent and discussion can change minds.

[trixie]

4. Where would all the followers go?

:shrug:

[Demeter]

5. But Then They Wouldn't Be the Grand Old Party

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

For the GOP to stoop being itself, they would have to either all die, put an end to the culture wars, put an end to the class wars, or emigrate.

[muntrv]

6. Yes it would be certainly better than now, where every GOPer goosesteps

to the BFEE.

[Lilith Velkor]

7. Figure out how to foment it

as "we" do here.

:freak:

[BlooInBloo]

8. No, because from diversity can come correct answers. That's our only advantage...

... They're inbred - literally and figuratively.

[losthills]

9. Nothing

that Republicans would do could be good for America.

except commit mass suicide...

[leftist.]

10. Ron Paul thinks so.

The only dissent allowed over there is when one of their own is MORE conservative than they are on EVERY SINGLE POINT except the one they are currently in so much trouble over. There's absolutely no republikan standing up for Paul anymore. That's all the dissent you get. In my area the hate radio stations run commercials advertising their hosts calling Ron Paul a "nutjob". That's what they think will get them listerers.

Granted, we already knew he was nuts, but these are conservatives doing this.

[LostInAnomie]

11. That would be anathema to their goals.

They don't actually stand for any principles other than their own personal power and "getting ahead". They can do that in a monolithic group much better than as warring tribes.