POLITICS - The Hijacking of the Republican Party

First a reminder; I was a Republican in 2000, see my bio in sidebar.

I present the following as evidence that the Republican Party has been hijacked by conservative fanatics (or conservative fascists, if you will).

"Political Tide Could Wash Away Utah Senator" by JEFF ZELENY, New York Times 3/25/2010

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The dissatisfaction with Washington sweeping through politics is not only threatening the Democratic majority in Congress, it is also roiling Republican primaries. The Tea Party movement and advocacy groups on the right are demanding that candidates hew strictly to their ideological standards, and are moving aggressively to cast out those they deem to have strayed, even if only by participating in the compromises of legislating.

There is no bigger quarry in the eyes of many conservative activists than Mr. Bennett, who has drawn seven challengers and will not know for six weeks whether he will even qualify for the ballot. His fate is being watched not only by grass-roots conservatives testing their ability to shape the party, but also by many elected Republicans in Washington who are wondering, If Bob Bennett is not conservative enough, who is?

"Anger is Not a Solution" by by J.D. Hamel, FrumForum 3/25/2010

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Since Obamacare’s passage, cries of “socialism” have only grown louder. Glen Beck used much of his Tuesday television show to focus on Obama’s Marxist roots, and all around the blogosphere, the hysteria is at an all-time high. However, the American middle class doesn’t care about political theory, it cares about results. As long as conservatives obsess over socialism, we won’t deliver results. If we don’t deliver results, we won’t win elections.

David Frum on GOP:

"Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox"