10/11/13, "Thatcher Provides Insight on GOP Battles," cato.org blog, Chris Edwards
"Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s autobiography
indicates that the internal struggles within the Conservative Party in
the 1980s were as intense as today’s struggles within the Republican
Party. Many Tories in Thatcher’s time—just like many Republicans
now—were allegedly for smaller government, but they showed little
interest in the tough fight needed to actually make it happen. Nearly
every Republican in Congress today claims that he or she is for cutting
spending and repealing Obamacare, but many of them seem to shy away when
they meet strong resistance from the other side.
Here’s what the Iron Lady said about that type of politician:
"[There was] a political type that had dominated and, in my view, damaged the post-war Tory Party. I call such figures “the false squire.” They have all the outward show of a John Bull—ruddy face, white hair, bluff manner—but inwardly they are political calculators who see the task of Conservatives as one of retreating gracefully before the Left’s inevitable advance. Retreat as a tactic is sometimes necessary; retreat as a settled policy eats at the soul. In order to justify the series of defeats that this philosophy entails, the squire has to persuade rank and file Conservatives that advance is impossible."..."
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2013, Codevilla: Country Club Republicans join the Democrat Ruling Class:
2/20/13, "As Country Club Republicans Link Up With The Democratic Ruling Class, Millions Of Voters Are Orphaned," Angelo Codevilla, Forbes
"At the outset of 2013 a substantial portion of America finds itself un-represented, while Republican leaders increasingly represent only themselves. By the law of supply and demand, millions of Americans, (arguably a majority) cannot remain without representation. Increasingly the top people in government, corporations, and the media collude and demand submission as did the royal courts of old. This marks these political orphans as a “country class.”"...
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"[There was] a political type that had dominated and, in my view, damaged the post-war Tory Party. I call such figures “the false squire.” They have all the outward show of a John Bull—ruddy face, white hair, bluff manner—but inwardly they are political calculators who see the task of Conservatives as one of retreating gracefully before the Left’s inevitable advance. Retreat as a tactic is sometimes necessary; retreat as a settled policy eats at the soul. In order to justify the series of defeats that this philosophy entails, the squire has to persuade rank and file Conservatives that advance is impossible."..."
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2013, Codevilla: Country Club Republicans join the Democrat Ruling Class:
2/20/13, "As Country Club Republicans Link Up With The Democratic Ruling Class, Millions Of Voters Are Orphaned," Angelo Codevilla, Forbes
"At the outset of 2013 a substantial portion of America finds itself un-represented, while Republican leaders increasingly represent only themselves. By the law of supply and demand, millions of Americans, (arguably a majority) cannot remain without representation. Increasingly the top people in government, corporations, and the media collude and demand submission as did the royal courts of old. This marks these political orphans as a “country class.”"...
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