Cheney’s Republican Party Is No More

[mystery-ak]

Cheney’s Republican Party Is No More

Republicans are no longer interested in the drawn-out foreign wars and nation-building

Cheney’s political patrimony would foist upon us. We are more interested in rebuilding our nation and economy.

By Ned Ryun
February 2, 2021

There’s a mistaken assumption regarding job security, it seems, for establishment Republicans living in super-safe districts in, say, Wyoming. Such a Republican doesn’t fear losing her seat; after all, the opposition can’t beat her. Democrats haven’t won the seat in decades. She is well-financed, with a national fundraising base. Democrats won’t waste their time and money, so it’s not surprising such a Republican would assume she can do whatever she wants with no recriminations from her constituents.

But the rush she must feel from that power trip can easily mislead. And it seems to have done exactly that in the case of U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who mistakenly felt empowered to push for legislation and positions that have nothing to do with the wishes of the Republicans in her district or, in fact, her country.

Now reality is about to slap her in the face.

Cheney, a throwback to the neoconservative days of the Republican Party, decided that as part of the Republican leadership in the U.S. House, she should vote to impeach one of the most popular Republican presidents of recent times. It’s difficult to understand this idiocy on a realpolitik level. Liz Cheney, sitting in one of the strongest Republican districts in the entire country, in a state where Donald Trump is very popular, thinks she could just vote willy-nilly to impeach Trump on the basis of politically motivated charges, and somehow she believes there would be no political fallout for her?

The arrogance is amazing. But then again, when your family is to politics in Wyoming what the Kennedys are to Massachusetts, you might see how such a leap in logic could occur. Familiarity breeds contempt, the saying goes.

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https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/02/cheneys-republican-party-is-no-more/

[skeeter]

Excellent essay. Well worth reading.

[Right_in_Virginia]

FTA

But as someone who has spent more of her life living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., than in the wilds of Wyoming, it’s also understandable that Cheney wrongly believed her constituency to be in the corporate military high-rises of Tysons Corner, rather than among the good people of Ten Sleep, Wyoming.

Republicans as a whole—and I would argue, the American people, too—are no longer interested in the drawn-out foreign wars and nation-building Cheney’s political patrimony would foist upon us. We are more interested in rebuilding our nation and our economy; we are more interested in restoring our republic and our society, thank you very much.

[Fishrrman]

"Cheney’s Republican Party Is No More..."

Good riddance.

[libertybele]

Cheney’s Republican Party Is No More

Republicans are no longer interested in the drawn-out foreign wars and nation-building

Cheney’s political patrimony would foist upon us. We are more interested in rebuilding our nation and economy.

By Ned Ryun
February 2, 2021

There’s a mistaken assumption regarding job security, it seems, for establishment Republicans living in super-safe districts in, say, Wyoming. Such a Republican doesn’t fear losing her seat; after all, the opposition can’t beat her. Democrats haven’t won the seat in decades. She is well-financed, with a national fundraising base. Democrats won’t waste their time and money, so it’s not surprising such a Republican would assume she can do whatever she wants with no recriminations from her constituents.

But the rush she must feel from that power trip can easily mislead. And it seems to have done exactly that in the case of U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who mistakenly felt empowered to push for legislation and positions that have nothing to do with the wishes of the Republicans in her district or, in fact, her country.

Now reality is about to slap her in the face.

Cheney, a throwback to the neoconservative days of the Republican Party, decided that as part of the Republican leadership in the U.S. House, she should vote to impeach one of the most popular Republican presidents of recent times. It’s difficult to understand this idiocy on a realpolitik level. Liz Cheney, sitting in one of the strongest Republican districts in the entire country, in a state where Donald Trump is very popular, thinks she could just vote willy-nilly to impeach Trump on the basis of politically motivated charges, and somehow she believes there would be no political fallout for her?

The arrogance is amazing. But then again, when your family is to politics in Wyoming what the Kennedys are to Massachusetts, you might see how such a leap in logic could occur. Familiarity breeds contempt, the saying goes.

more
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/02/cheneys-republican-party-is-no-more/

Exactly.