Jim Leach's Convention Speech

http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2008/08/25/full-text-former-us-rep-jim-leach-speech-to-democratic-national-convention/

Like the Republicans will have a former Hillary Clinton supporter speak or be around in their convention, we can expect to see converted on both sides. Nevertheless, Jim Leach’s speech last night made me quite happy, largely because the Republican Party misrepresents what it has done with its power. GOP, this is why your brand has been destroyed, because this abominable president you’ve provided us, marketed under the guise of “conservativism,” has been anything but.

Former U.S. Rep Leach sums it up nicely:
“The party that once emphasized individual rights has gravitated in recent years toward regulating values. The party of military responsibility has taken us to war with a country that did not attack us. The party that formerly led the world in arms control has moved to undercut treaties crucial to the defense of the earth. The party that prides itself on conservation has abdicated its responsibilities in the face of global warming. And the party historically anchored in fiscal restraint has nearly doubled the national debt, squandering our precious resources in an undisciplined and unprecedented effort to finance a war with tax cuts.”

I can’t add anything better than that, and were the Republican Party campaigning on redemption of these principles, they’d be worth considering this November. They blew this since that confluence of Rush, Delay, and W. Sorry GOP – you can scratch me off your rolls.