A nation of morons . . . This is what Republicans think of America.
The House Republican’s party-line “thumbs down” to President Obama’s economic stimulus program, and their rejection of President Obama’s pre-vote olive branch, represents one thing and one thing only: their first step toward regaining power
According to Republicans, if they leave President Obama and the Democrats to deal with President Bush’s economic mess they believe their rejection of the stimulus package will allow them to cast blame and gain some seats in 2010, with the goal of regaining power in 2012.
Unfortunately, this line of thinking is not so far-fetched.
Republicans understand very well that the economic catastrophe facing this country is real. Record deficits, stagnant wages, record personal debt, and an exploding national debt will not disappear any time soon. Still, they don’t want to help President Obama because they also understand that if President Obama’s vision (making government work) and policy initiatives (directed toward social justice) help Americans see light at the end of the tunnel he will be rewarded. So will the Democratic Party.
Simply put, republicans see FDR’s spirit in Barack Obama’s initiatives, and it scares the hell out of them. President Obama has become a political Ghost Whisperer of sorts.
So the Republican strategy today is to put some distance between President Bush’s record, and their blind support for his programs. The believe America will forget that they handed President Bush the matches he used to light our national house on fire. Worse, they think this will happen if they say "No" to everything President Obama proposes and wait for the underlying economic tsunami that is poised to wash up on our political shores (the numbers surrounding bank positions on derivatives are truly scary). They are banking on additional meltdowns and bailout fatigue. Like political vultures they are waiting for system rot and the smell of death. Hence the non-cooperation.
Obstructionism and a lack of cooperation worked for Republicans at the national level in 1994 (led by Newt Gingrich), and in 2003 with California Governor Gray Davis (led, in part, by current minority Deputy Whip Kevin McCarthy). The goal is not to govern, but to obtain power. It makes no difference to Republicans that the ideas they offer today – more tax cuts and deregulation – are the exact same ideas that ran this country into the ground under President Bush.
You’re probably scratching your head, and asking yourself, “Are they really thinking like this? ... Do they really think America will forget?" The short answer to these questions is YES.
Like I said, Republicans think America is inhabited by a nation of morons.
- Mark
The House Republican’s party-line “thumbs down” to President Obama’s economic stimulus program, and their rejection of President Obama’s pre-vote olive branch, represents one thing and one thing only: their first step toward regaining power
According to Republicans, if they leave President Obama and the Democrats to deal with President Bush’s economic mess they believe their rejection of the stimulus package will allow them to cast blame and gain some seats in 2010, with the goal of regaining power in 2012.
Unfortunately, this line of thinking is not so far-fetched.
Republicans understand very well that the economic catastrophe facing this country is real. Record deficits, stagnant wages, record personal debt, and an exploding national debt will not disappear any time soon. Still, they don’t want to help President Obama because they also understand that if President Obama’s vision (making government work) and policy initiatives (directed toward social justice) help Americans see light at the end of the tunnel he will be rewarded. So will the Democratic Party.
Simply put, republicans see FDR’s spirit in Barack Obama’s initiatives, and it scares the hell out of them. President Obama has become a political Ghost Whisperer of sorts.
So the Republican strategy today is to put some distance between President Bush’s record, and their blind support for his programs. The believe America will forget that they handed President Bush the matches he used to light our national house on fire. Worse, they think this will happen if they say "No" to everything President Obama proposes and wait for the underlying economic tsunami that is poised to wash up on our political shores (the numbers surrounding bank positions on derivatives are truly scary). They are banking on additional meltdowns and bailout fatigue. Like political vultures they are waiting for system rot and the smell of death. Hence the non-cooperation.
Obstructionism and a lack of cooperation worked for Republicans at the national level in 1994 (led by Newt Gingrich), and in 2003 with California Governor Gray Davis (led, in part, by current minority Deputy Whip Kevin McCarthy). The goal is not to govern, but to obtain power. It makes no difference to Republicans that the ideas they offer today – more tax cuts and deregulation – are the exact same ideas that ran this country into the ground under President Bush.
You’re probably scratching your head, and asking yourself, “Are they really thinking like this? ... Do they really think America will forget?" The short answer to these questions is YES.
Like I said, Republicans think America is inhabited by a nation of morons.
- Mark
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