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Back from a Short 8-Year Blogging Break

Eight years ago, I was putting together a GOP Principles Handbook. Why did I stop? And do the principles from 2017 apply to the political world in 2025, or are there a whole new set of principles? I'm guessing some of the old principles still apply. This week, for example, all GOPers were saying that it was a "mistake" that an Atlantic journalist was included on the Yemen warplans chat. In fact, in an interview with CNN, one Representation said, "It was a mistake," and when the reporter tried to ask a follow-up question, she smirked and said, "I've already given you the soundbite." It's funny to me. They know they're playing a game. We know they're playing a game. It's not like the playbook is a secret. But of course they play the game because there are no repercusions. They aren't willing to penalize others for their incompentency, because incompentency made by party members is just a "mistake," and as the President said, he didn't like it, but he wasn't going to give the Liberal media any "red meat" by firing someone from the leadership team.

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