Gipper Cult Finally Coming A Cropper

September 26, 2008 by John H. Taylor | Filed Under Presidents, Republican Party 

Focused on McCain-bashing, Sam Stein buries the lead at “Huffington Post”:

“At the end of the day, there’s a lot of people thinking about how to rebuild this party,” said GOP strategist Ed Rollins on CNN, “and do we want to rebuild it with John McCain, who’s always kind of questionable on the basic facts of fiscal control, all the rest of it, immigration. And I think to a certain extent this 110, 115 members of this study group are saying, here’s the time to draw the line in the sand.”

“That’s pretty scary stuff that they’re thinking about party right now and not country, is that what you’re saying?” responded host Anderson Cooper.

“I think they’re, yes, they’re thinking about themselves,” said Rollins. “I think they don’t think that the threat is as great as a lot of other people do.”

A remarkable commentary on today’s Republican Party: A top operative publicly admitting that some are willing not only to sink the bailout deal (regardless of the cost to the American people) but also cede the election to Sen. Obama because Sen. McCain isn’t pure enough, isn’t sufficiently devoted to their fantasy fiscally controlled Reagan. So we perhaps get a credit crunch, massive mortgage defaults, a recession, and an Obama Presidency while Ed Rollins and his fellow true believers go on retreat to find the new Reagan. May we perhaps recommend a venue? How about the bottom of the Grand Canyon without a mule?

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