Learning the wrong lesson

From Breitbart:

Soul searching Republicans are turning to an unlikely savior, one-time party heretic and now presumptive White House nominee John McCain, as they try to stave off an electoral disaster.

Stung by the Democratic seizure of three staunch conservative seats in Congress, Republican lawmakers fear a shellacking in November's general election, after losing control of both chambers of Congress in 2006.

The rise of McCain as their champion is not without irony, since the 71-year-old Arizona senator has quarreled with his own party for years on issues as diverse as immigration, campaign finance reform and global warming.

But it is precisely that independent streak that is drawing Republicans to his coattails, hoping he can cleanse them of the stain of gridlocked Washington.

Eric Cantor, Republican chief deputy whip in the House of Representatives, told reporters that the McCain brand was healthier than that of his party.

"John McCain is a demonstrated vote getter among independents, and his message and what he will be able to do in this election is extremely important."

House Republican minority leader John Boehner told Fox News that with McCain at the top of the ticket, his demoralized party might spring a surprise in November.

"I think that we're going to do a lot better than people think," Boehner said.

Talk about getting a wake-up call and hitting the snooze button!

If this is the lesson that the Republican party learns from yesterday's defeat then the GOP is dead. For Mr. Cantor's information Obama is beating McCain among independents even after the revelations about William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and Obama's demonstrated simple-mindedness (Hillary is tied with McCain among independents).

How do you think McCain is going to look after the mainstream media has spend months feeding him through Uday Hussein's industrial shredding machine?

The best thing that can happen to the Republican party is for it to get a giant enema, in the form of an electoral defeat this November, so that it can get rid of all the crap - starting with John McCain.

Here is the truth. Ever since Reagan Republican politicians have been invoking the name of Reagan but not doing the deeds of Reagan. That's not good enough. Every time some left-0f-center Republican claims to be a "Reagan conservative" then turns around and supports campaign finance reform or greenhouse gas controls all they do is remind conservatives how far the Republican party has fallen and how little it now deserves their support.

Republicans need to remember that the Republican party began as a third party because the Whigs refused to firmly address the burning issue of slavery. If the Republican party refuses to address, or outright rejects, the burning issue of conservatism they will be setting themselves up to become an historical footnote.