Anger is Not a Public Policy Prescription
Friday night on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the panel was discussing how John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court’s retiring “liberal lion,” had been considered a moderate Republican in 1975 when he was appointed by Gerald Ford. Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, said:
I think Republicans can still be moderate today. It’s their choice. I think the demographics have changed hugely, but what I think is absolutely stunning about what’s going on right now — where are the elder statesmen of the party, and why aren’t they standing up and insisting that this party take a more constructive view?
You know, anger is not a public policy prescription.
Maybe not, but it seems to be the only thing the GOP has got these days.