I been around the world
I’ve seen a million birds
Ain’t one of them got
What my birdie she got
She stealin’ the spotlight
Knocks me of my feet
She’s enough to start a landslide
Just a flyin’ down the street
Wearin’ feathers so tight
And lookin’ dynamite
About to blow me out
No doubt about it can’t live without it
The bird’s got rhythm (bird’ss got rhythm)
The bird’s got rhythm (bird’ss got rhythm)
She got the back perch rhythm (back perch rhythm)
The bird’s got rhythm…..
Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, in response to Arlen Specter’s defection from the Republican party due to it’s move further to the right, is wondering if Republicans really are more right wing than they were thirty years ago under Reagan’s tutelage. He states:
…back during the Reagan era, I remember hearing that the Republicans were . . . a bunch of social conservatives. And back then they were pushing the abortion-banning Human Life Amendment — hard — along with a statutory end-run (the Human Life Bill) that simply declared life began at conception. Also school prayer and all sorts of stuff. I’m not actually hearing much along these lines from today’s Republicans…
and posts a few quotes from other blogs:
You are right about this issue. The Republican Party is less socially conservative now than in the past. You don’t hear a lot of support for anti-sodomy laws nowadays, for example, or opposition to civil unions.
The reason for the change in perception is that with fiscal conservatism abandoned, the only distinguishing characteristic of the Republican Party is now social conservatism.
Glenn adds:
So, tepid as that is, it dominates. Also, there has to be some reason to tell college students that Republicans are uncool. . . .
Today’s version of the Republican Party is teppid on social issues compared to the Reaagan era. That is the assertion by some in the bloggisphere. I believe both Glenn and my good friends at Gay Patriot are wrong.
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