frankie's Journal: Neodemocracy on the Rise (part 2)

It used to be that you could rely on Cal Thomas. The kind of guy who believes the same thing on Wednesday that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday.

If something good happened, it was clearly because Republicans, Christians, and/or Captains of Industry had done right. If something bad happened, it was clearly because Democrats, the Media, and/or America-hating Intellectuals had done wrong. Opinions so steady, every single week, that you could set your watch by them.

But NOOOOO, not any more. That was the OLD Cal Thomas. This weird NEW Cal Thomas has started saying things that sound dangerously close to TREASON:

• 2006 Mar 21: "That a Republican Congress and administration are engaging in such promiscuous spending is obscene. If voting in Democrats -who in the past engaged in deficit spending - punishes Republicans, little will change. What to do? Maybe it's time for a strong third party, or failing that, another revolution."
• 2006 May 2: "When Democrats want to hand out checks, Republicans call it "welfare" and they claim to oppose it on principle. What should it be called when Republicans do it, hypocrisy?"
• 2006 May 23: "The Democratic economic policy is higher taxes, more spending and bigger government. Republicans aren't much better. Their policy is lower taxes, more spending and bigger government. That's an echo, not a choice."

The GOP has lost its way? Bring back smaller government and balanced budgets? Dear Lord in Heaven, Cal Thomas has joined the bandwagon for NeoDemocracy!