1) The nation's war effort must continue unabated until complete decisive victory is won.
2) We oppose any attempts to negotiate peace.
3) The U.S. is obligated to effect a world understanding for continued peace.
4) We pledge constant vigilance to eliminate Government inefficiency.
5) We will continue to give the President loyal support in the war. The gravity of the situation requires the undivided effort of everyone.
6) The right and duty to criticize must be fully exercised.
7) The nation's peril must not be exploited by any individual or group for special gains.
8) Individual freedoms must not be permanently surrendered in the name of the war.
9) We shall insist that nondefense spending be reduced to essentials.
10) We oppose any use of the war effort as an excuse for unwarranted encroachment on free enterprise. In winning the war we must not lose the peace.
[...]
The Republican members of the House of Representatives last week unveiled a surprise Republican platform for the campaign of 1942. For the first time in several months the press found itself praising a statesmanlike stand by the G.O.P. Said the ten-point manifesto approved by a caucus of 115 G.O.P. representatives.
G.O.P. Decalogue
Time Magazine -- Oct. 05, 1942
Funny how the GOP used to sound half-way rationale, if you look back far enough, in Time.
Flash Forward about 67 years. What has the GOP been Pledging to, lately ...
Well in additon to the extra-governmental Tax Phobia Pledge, authored by an Unelected Front Group Spokesman, to whom the GOP has been dutifully marching to -- there is also their official "updated" Commandments from:
The RNC's "Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates" ... which are summarized here:
The GOP's Ten Commandments
by The Daily Dish -- The Atlantic -- Nov 24, 2009
(1) Smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill
(2) Market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;
(3) Market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;
(4) Workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check
(5) Legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;
(6) Victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;
(7) Containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat
(8) Retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;
(9) Protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and
(10) The right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership
Still, some GOP Operatives sense the Danger of a GOP-Tea Party charging off the Deep End, once again.
Luckily for Dems, those Tea Party types, believe in their cause, more than in their Party ... they're ready to take that Cliff ...
Karl Rove Warns GOP Presidential Candidates Against Moving Too Far To The Right
by Paige Lavender, Huffington Post -- 8/15/2011
[...]
Candidates in the Republican primary mix appear to be basing their campaigns on what HuffPost's Howard Fineman calls a "New Ten Commandments," a set of strict guidelines that includes socially conservative viewpoints and staunch opposition to raising taxes.
When the moderator at the most recent presidential primary debate asked who would reject a deficit deal with a 10 to 1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue, all eight candidates who participated in the forum raised their hands, signaling an unwillingness to budge on the fiscal matter.
Flash Forward to 2011. Howard Fineman has updated that GOP Decalogue for their modern bunch of rabble-rousers ...
GOP Presidential Primary: New Rules Of The Race Emerge
by Howard Fineman, Huffington Post -- 8/13/2011
They [GOP Candidates] seem to believe -- or at least dare not say that they DON'T believe -- in a new Ten Commandments. [...]
the contenders are adhering to the following guidelines:
* Thou Shalt Not Raise ANY Taxes
* Thou Shalt Pass a Constitutional Amendment to Make Abortion Illegal
* Thou Shalt Pass a Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage as the Union of a Man and a Woman
* Thou Shalt Repeal "ObamaCare," AKA the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
* Thou Shalt Repeal The Dodd-Frank Banking Regulation Act
* Thou Shalt Pass a Constitutional Amendment to Balance the Federal Budget
* Thou Shalt Only Give Military Support to "Our Friends"
* Thou Shalt Limit the Power of -- If Not Entirely Abolish -- the EPA
* Thou Shalt Drill, Mine and Frak to the Widest Extent Possible
* Thou Shalt Take the Name of President Obama in Vain
Now if only Grover, or the RNC, would put their Stamp of Approval on this yet-to-be-stated Revised Agenda;
Then, maybe America could see, HOW Far the GOP has fallen from their legacy Rationale Conservatism, fallen into their new domain of the Obstinate Deconstructionists.
It's always Back to the Past, with them -- Back to the Era of Robber Barons and the unending blight of Poverty Rows ...
Back to the age, where only the Wealthy had a Right to Security ... Back to the way that THEY think it should be.
Given their rhetoric that Party of Tea still has their "Bunker Hill", to take. Now if only they knew what that meant. ... Isn't there another Stone Tablet hidden there, with the Next Clue, or something?