GOP sheds federalism favored by forefathers

[wakeme2008]

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/18/Worldandnation/GOP_sheds_federalism_.shtml

GOP sheds federalism favored by forefathers

New legislation trumping state authority veers from conservatism's roots.

By WES ALLISON, Times Staff Writer
Published April 18, 2005

WASHINGTON - It's a bedrock principle of Republican conservatism: Whenever possible, the federal government should let the states manage their own affairs.

But as Republicans exercise their growing power in Washington, they increasingly are ignoring that fundamental belief, with a host of legislation aimed at trumping state authority.

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Let me guess, when they lose the House and Senate in 2006,,, They will start talking "State Rights" again......

[Avalux]

1. State authority,

judicial authority, individual rights...those in charge are drunk with power and won't stop until they control EVERYTHING. Except guns, of course.

[Clark Bayh 2008]

2. The South is taking its revenge

over slavery & civil rights, courtesy of the Rove strategy. Our response may need to be the same as the south. Secession in '08 !