https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2010/12/20/it-was-ever-thus/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:16:28 -0400<![CDATA[Republicans, so long as I can recall, have faced an endless barrage of attacks from Democrats and their media allies derived from the theme that today&#8217;s Republicans are mean, scary extremists not like those Republicans of the past who won elections because they were moderate and civil and whatnot. The only really good Republicans, to these critics, are dead ones (or live ones who lose elections), although past Republicans do come in for some rehabilitation as soon as they can be used as a club against their successors &#8211; we&#8217;ve already seen some examples of George W. Bush being cited by liberals on issues like immigration and the Ground Zero Mosque controversy.]]>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:00:08 -0500<![CDATA[Dan McLaughlin]]>https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2010/12/20/it-was-ever-thus-n37386