Monday, November 23, 2009

Purity on the Right: Republicans Roll Out an Ideological Test

No GOP dissenters need apply.

That seems to be the message of the Republican National Committee, which recent published its core ideological principles, from which no GOP candidate must not stray.

Okay, they can stray a bit—but just a little. As Talking Points Memo reports, Republican candidates must agree on eight of ten principles to pass muster.

Which begs the question: What if the candidate scores seven of ten? Is he or she drummed out of the party?

We'd hazard a guess that this is bad for political debate and discussion, but very, very good for party purity.

The details and the complete list are here.

5 comments:

Joseph said...

I take it you don't like Republicans much.

Red Beard the Patriot said...

What a bunch of maroons. Obama is Bush Lite. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. It's all BS. Divide and Conquer. Red Team vs. Blue team.

Bluebeard said...

The best Republican is a pure Republican (from a Democrat's point of view.)

Palin 2012!

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