Texas Judge Carlo Key Says Adios to GOP

Get used to this repukes. You'll probably hear this scenario a lot over the next election cycle. Sad that you guys are so unwilling to discuss the dissolution of your own party. I guess denial is the order of the day in the GOP.

Texas Judge Carlo Key Flees the GOP: ‘These Are Not My Values’

by Jamelle Bouie Oct 23, 2013 5:45 AM EDT
Carlo Key sympathizes with Republican ideas but says the right wing has taken over—and it’s not about to be a ‘party of inclusion.’ Jamelle Bouie on what the GOP can learn from the defection.
Carlo Key, a judge in Bexar County, Texas, has left the Republican Party, and he blames the Tea Party. “Rational Republican beliefs have given way to ideological character assassination,” says Key in a video announcing his switch to the Democratic Party, ahead of his reelection campaign. “Make no mistake, I have not left the Republican Party. It left me.”

Judge Carlo Key
Key’s big concern, like so many Americans who have voiced their disapproval of the GOP, is with values. His local party supported a San Antonio City Council member, Elisa Chan, who was caught making derisive comments about the local LGBT community, calling its members “disgusting” and “unfit to be parents.” As an elected official, Key was expected to attend a press conference where he—and others—would defend Chan. He couldn’t do it. “I got in my car,” said Key in an interview with The Daily Beast, “and I said, ‘I just can’t go. These are not my values.’”
Key said he sympathizes with Republican ideas and believes strongly in “fiscal and personal responsibility.” But he believes the right wing has taken hold of the party, he said, and doesn’t expect that to change in the near future. “If the Tea Party is going to be setting the agenda and setting the conversation, I don’t think [the Republican Party] is going to switch gears and become a party of inclusion or a party of acceptance,” he said.
National Republicans might not see Key’s defection as significant in the broader scheme of American politics, but it’s shocking nonetheless. If you’re young, tolerant, and have conservative instincts, there should be room for you in the GOP. Indeed, the aim of the Republican Party’s Growth and Opportunity Project report was to expand that space and build the GOP brand among voters who fit that description. “The Republican Party is one of tolerance and respect, and we need to ensure that the tone of our message is always reflective of these core principles,” says the report, emphasizing the need to present an inclusive message to minorities. Likewise, it urges Republicans to “change” their “tone” on “certain social issues that are turning off young voters.”
Making these changes wouldn’t give Republicans an advantage among young voters. As far as today’s cohort is concerned, the GOP’s deficit is largely baked in the cake. But the reforms are the kind that could stop the bleeding. Key’s departure is exactly what you would expect from a party that rejected these recommendations.

Key’s departure is exactly what you would expect from a party that rejected recommendations to “change” its “tone” on “certain social issues that are turning off young voters.”​

A larger example of what happens when a party embraces the forces that repelled Key from the GOP is the Virginia gubernatorial race, where arch-conservative Ken Cuccinelli is losing to Terry McAuliffe, a former Democratic fundraiser and novice politician. Most polls have Cuccinelli stuck below 40 percent, and at least one, from a conservative polling firm, has him behind by double digits. The reason, by and large, is his strident and divisive agenda on social issues. He’s categorically anti-abortion rights and openly hostile to LGBT Americans. Virginia isn’t a liberal state, but Virginians don’t want to elect an ideologue, and they’re acting accordingly.
According to a CNN survey released Tuesday, 64 percent of Americans say they have an unfavorable view of the Republican Party, an all-time high for the poll. And a Washington Post poll, also released Tuesday, shows congressional Republicans with a 77 percent disapproval rating. The GOP might have time to mitigate the electoral damage of its extremism and brinksmanship, but the hit to its reputation will linger. Carlo Key might not be the only Republican to switch sides.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ey-flees-the-gop-these-are-not-my-values.html

 

Who cares?

 

How does this affect you in Illinois, Little Joe?

 

It warms my heart.

 

Awwww... isn't that sweet. This warms MY heart:

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Glad you're taking a shine to Hollywood but Woods has always been a repuke. Who cares what some dumb-ass Hollywood celebrity thinks. Is this supposed to be a tit-for-tat? If so, I find you lacking.

 

Tit-for-tat? Nope. It just warms my heart.

 

Really, I though that the repukes gave up their hearts when they took the pledge of allegiance to the devil. Hum?

 

No, he allows us to keep our hearts.

But, he does take the souls of dumocrats. He would take their brains, too (if they had any).

 

Woods is a registered Democrap, btw.

 

If you say so...

Woods was a vocal supporter of former U.S. President George W. Bush and the Iraq War, though he is still a registered Democrat.[26] He is a supporter of former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. Woods lobbied hard to play Giuliani in the biopic Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, and considers the role one of the favorites of his career.[27] In 2008, Woods appeared in David Zucker's comedy An American Carol (presented from a conservative-leaning perspective), along with active Republican actors Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Farley, and Leslie Nielsen. Woods's name was in an advertisement in the Los Angeles Times (August 17, 2006) that condemned Hamas and Hezbollah and supported Israel in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[28]

 

Ted Cruz?

 

What if there's really only one party?