Partly true, partly not. If memory serves, core Republican positions were:
1) isolationism
--- Carl Remick <carlremick at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/2/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> > Wall Street Journal - October 2, 2007
> >
> > GOP Is Losing Grip
> > On Core Business Vote
> >
> > ... In last fall's midterm elections, rebellious
> Republicans and
> > Republican-leaning independents contributed to the
> Democrats'
> > takeover of Congress and a raft of state and local
> offices. The
> > Democratic Party had lured many newcomers through
> shifts of its own
> > since the Reagan era. Particularly under President
> Clinton, the party
> > became more centrist and fiscally conservative,
> espousing balanced
> > budgets, targeted tax cuts and free trade. Party
> liberals and
> > unionists never fully accepted those changes. ...
>
> What a Bizarro World reading of political trends
> this article is. The
> overriding point is that the Dems have become wholly
> Republican in
> POV.
>
> Carl
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