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Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:06:52 PM
Q. What lessons do you think Republicans should learn from the last two disastrous -- for them -- election cycles?
A. There are at least three lessons that immediately jump out at me. The first is that the party must consistently do what it says. You can't be the party of fiscal discipline and tolerate the kind of spending that our party has accepted in the last several years, especially in Washington. Our actions have to match our rhetoric. If the Democrats had proposed many of the spending initiatives and projects that Republicans ended up approving, we would have been the first to criticize them. It isn't just earmarks. Look at some of the discretionary spending increases in Washington.
(The above is part of interview Cal Thomas did with the Gov. of Lousiana who is pictured below. Read more below.)
We went to Washington to change Washington, but we became a captive of Washington. We were supposed to be the party of outsiders. We became what we were elected to change.
Q. How do you think President-elect Obama is doing so far?
A. The president deserves our support as Americans. In church, we pray for our president, whether we voted for him or not. I think we should look for opportunities to work across party lines with him. I also think as Americans we also have an obligation to stand on principle when we disagree. We should genuinely want him to succeed.
(We need not only more Republicans like Gov. Jindal we need more Americans like him. Who will put nation ahead of party. Read the whole interview Cal Thomas did here .)
