yesterday
I suppose it's time to admit it.
I am not a republican.
Whew. That felt really good to get off my chest. Well now you know. I guess I can move on to the next step of the 12-step NRA process. No, not the guns. The Not-Republicans anonymous.
Here is my question: why is it so difficult for republicans to admit it when they are wrong about something? I don't agree with them on almost everything, but most of the time I respect their right to their own point of view. But these people seem to be completly incapable of admitting wrong-doing or failure.
To republicans, I seem to have concluded, admitting that they did something wrong, or that some plan of theirs didn't work that well, would implicitly mean admitting that the democrats were rights.
Tom Delay seems to think that if he got up in front of the American people and said "hey, you know, i laudnered some money, it was wrong of me, I am sorry," that this would somehow be equivalent to him getting up in front of the nation and saying "I love democrats and they are the bestest at everything."
President Bush seems to think that if he got up in front of the nation and said, " you know what folks, what we are doing in Iraq is just not working. Maybe we should take some time to rethink our plans. Maybe we should leave, or maybe we shoul stay but work in a different way. The main point is, our current plan is not working," the democrats would gleefully set of fireworks and hold parades on the national mall chanting "we were right! we were right! you messed up! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
How about giving all of us voters, not matter which party, a little more credit. How about sticking to your beliefs. Admitting that your plan did not work, or that you messed up, or that you don't know the answer, does not detract from your republicanism folks. You are still a republican. You can still be committed to your beliefs. And you can admit that in that one instance, your plan of action or your life choices didn't make sense. You can still hold your head up high, because you'll know you leveled with yourself and the rest of us.
Or you could just keep your head in the sand. I'm sure we voters are too busy not admitting all sorts of things to ourselves to notice.
I am not a republican.
Whew. That felt really good to get off my chest. Well now you know. I guess I can move on to the next step of the 12-step NRA process. No, not the guns. The Not-Republicans anonymous.
Here is my question: why is it so difficult for republicans to admit it when they are wrong about something? I don't agree with them on almost everything, but most of the time I respect their right to their own point of view. But these people seem to be completly incapable of admitting wrong-doing or failure.
To republicans, I seem to have concluded, admitting that they did something wrong, or that some plan of theirs didn't work that well, would implicitly mean admitting that the democrats were rights.
Tom Delay seems to think that if he got up in front of the American people and said "hey, you know, i laudnered some money, it was wrong of me, I am sorry," that this would somehow be equivalent to him getting up in front of the nation and saying "I love democrats and they are the bestest at everything."
President Bush seems to think that if he got up in front of the nation and said, " you know what folks, what we are doing in Iraq is just not working. Maybe we should take some time to rethink our plans. Maybe we should leave, or maybe we shoul stay but work in a different way. The main point is, our current plan is not working," the democrats would gleefully set of fireworks and hold parades on the national mall chanting "we were right! we were right! you messed up! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
How about giving all of us voters, not matter which party, a little more credit. How about sticking to your beliefs. Admitting that your plan did not work, or that you messed up, or that you don't know the answer, does not detract from your republicanism folks. You are still a republican. You can still be committed to your beliefs. And you can admit that in that one instance, your plan of action or your life choices didn't make sense. You can still hold your head up high, because you'll know you leveled with yourself and the rest of us.
Or you could just keep your head in the sand. I'm sure we voters are too busy not admitting all sorts of things to ourselves to notice.
posted by dclite | 9:57 AM
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