A Refresher Course
A majority of the House of Representatives is Republican. A majority of the Senate is Republican. The current resident of the White House is a Republican. Republicans control all of the levers of power. If there are problems with the government, the problems belong to Republicans.
When the Shrubbery tries to complain about problems with his pet projects, or doesn’t like the budget bill, he needs to talk to the people in charge, who are all Republican.
Deficit spending is the result of Republican decisions. The massive expansion of government is the result of Republican decisions.
At this point all of the problems belong to Republicans, because the Democrats have been shut out of any role in the process. The Republicans changed the rules in the House and the Senate to ensure the Democrats are powerless and outside the loop. The Republicans even changed the rules for lobbyists, so Democrats can’t even share in the bribes.
All of the failure, mismanagement, cronyism, incompetence, and generally pitiful performances are covered with large elephant-shaped labels, because they belong to the Republicans.
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Exactly! Oh, those poor Democrats might have enjoyed the bribes, too. Darn those Republicans! If they wouldn’t have shoved the Dems out, they could point at them for being just as bad… How odd that Reid put a “stranglehold” on the senate. and… what about that phrase, (talking about Frist) he left behind GOP conservatives, who see the measure as offering amnesty to lawbreakers. I heard that on the radio and was confounded by that statement. How many Republicans have gotten away with various methods of lawbreaking? I guess they just don’t want the little people to get away with it.
The Democrats aren’t involved in the corruption probes, because the Republicans shut them out, not because they are naturally better people. I feel certain that there are Democratic politicians who would have been happy to accept bribes and do favors for corporations, but the Republicans refused to cut them in on the money.
I don’t think there has been a time since Reconstruction in the 19th century when the minority party was so bereft of power.
I personally know Republicans who would not take a bribe, engage in illegal fundraising, lie to the American public about reasons for going to war, etc. But as long as they are blindly loyal to Republicans who will, in fact, do all those things, they are complicit in some very bad acts.
I can imagine… indeed, I have seen examples of… Democrats taking bribes; I have roundly condemned them for doing so, and cheered when some of them were driven from office (and occasionally to jail) for their malfeasance.
But I have yet to meet the Democrat (not a DINO) who would lie about foreign intelligence to take the nation to war for mere political advantage, or distort a national security issue to terrify people for political advantage, or Swift-Boat an opposing candidate to win or steal an election, or “out” a covert agent of our intelligence services for personal payback, or… (add to the list if you wish). In that sense, we are better people than at least the leaders of the GOP. That is why I chose and continue (in the face of much frustrating behavior) to choose the Democratic Party.
This is not just UT vs. Texas A&M, or Rice vs. … oops, no one bothers to be my alma mater’s rival. This is for real. For all the Bible-thumping of some of its members, the GOP, as an institution, is willing to do things Democrats are unwilling to do… and (sorry, I can’t resist) thank God for that unwillingness.
And now the Bushies are talking about using nukes. First. Pre-emptively. I rest my case.
This is a new and different Republican Party. They are blinded by their power and lost their way. The old Republican Party didn’t blinded support the excesses of Nixon, but this new breed refuse to see what is in front of them.
Anyone may be venal, but these people have made it a religion.
The nuclear arsenal is a last use, back to the wall, weapon. It is what you use in desperation and fear of annihilation, not in a first strike.
It isn’t needed. You don’t need to blow up the bunkers, you seal the entrances. It’s a much safer approach if you don’t know what’s in the bunker to blow-up the entrances. You can find them the same way they find underground chambers in the Valley of Kings, with radar.