There are Republicans and then there is Right

Somehow conservatives and Republicans have co-opted the word "right," as in "right versus wrong."   Which perverts the meaning of the word.    Much of the time -- well, most of the time, I was only trying to be polite-- those describing themselves as being on the "Right" are way out in left field.  If anyone deserves to be called lefties, it is they.  Round-the-benders.

Remember that rat movie, where the exasperated actor -- who still gets a lot of TV parts btw -- shrieked to the villain, "You made me hate myself!"

The Republican Party makes Republicans who try to do the right thing hate what they have done and think up excuses for why they sought to do the right thing.

For example, Huckabee was a rather liberal governor, but became radicalized when he ran for president. The very reasons why he ought to have been a good choice for president the party defined as heresy and forced him to recant.

Romney, similar situation. He tried to do the right thing and it is coming back to haunt him in the ghoul-haunted woodland of Republican politics.

Gingrich, similar. Here's an account of one of his missteps that ought to be a plus for him. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-02/gingrich-accepting-gore-invite-lands-on-love-seat-with-pelosi.html   Wanna bet?

I might add to the list what Gingrich said recently about illegal aliens. What Perry said about educating the children of illegal aliens.

But that issue is not a matter of the heart as Perry put it, but of common sense. What else can we do? Illegal aliens are here, some 10-11 million of them according to a new poll, about 60% of whom have been here for 10 years or more, and many have children, many of those children born here, which means they are American citizens even if their parents are not.

What do we do, seek out and deport the illegal parents but keep the citizen children? Where? How?

Do we have the legal right to deport citizen-children because their parents are illegal?

There are so many practical reasons why we cannot find, detain, process, and deport ten million illegal aliens. Money, manpower, legal complications, crowded dockets.

But tell that to the Republican hard core.  If you are close to right in the sense used by Webster and you are a Republican  running for nomination, you painted a target on your back.