Today, Dana Milbank, a columnist for the Washington Post wrote an interesting article about Bob Barr (former Republican congressman from Georgia), and his interactions with new-age Republicans at CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference).
For those of you who don't know, Rep. Barr established his conservative bona fides in the late 1990's by prosecuting the impeachment trials of President Bill Clinton. He became the hero of the Republicans and the bain of Democrats. Since Sept. 11th, he has become a vocal critic of President Bush's expansionary government and the Patriot Act. The article correctly states that Rep. Barr is just remaining consistent. Unfortunately, as I have mentioned before, politics is a team sport. Despite leftist rhetoric to the contrary, ideology does not really exist any longer in the parties. It is all about rooting for the home team. If your opponent has several party members who have been indicted, chide them for their indictments. If your own party has several members indicted, claim that at least you have less indictments than they do.
I think that is an egregious example of homerism in politics. America, where have your ideals gone. This is why I have left the mainstream parties and will not rejoin until an ideological fervor does. It is about principles folks, not parties!
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