Republicans Are Just Sad
What's sadder is that Democrats and Independents just don't get it. Small government, slash taxes? Please. Where was the call for small government in the Bush years when the executive branch was exercising unprecedented powers? For all those that say he exercised enhanced "war powers" I ask what war he was fighting. No, seriously, point me to the declaration of war, authorized by Congress, that would give him those powers. (Part of the checks and balances built into the government by the Founders, who Republicans profess allegiance to when it is convenient, and ignore when it is not.) There wasn't one. Like in Korea (before the Vietnam War), America is fighting a "conflict" in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
So anyway, small government? Not when the Republicans are in power and control the agenda. They will legislate their religion, defy science, and diminish civil liberties through extensions of the police state. Their calls for small government only came about when Democrats took over. I.e., as a foil to the Democratic agenda, rather than adherence to any political philosophy. As for slashing taxes? Bush is the first president to slash taxes while engaged in such extensive military engagements, which is clearly fiscally irresponsible. And then, the strategy is to blame Obama for running a bloated federal government budget, and railing against him if he fails to renew the tax cuts. Again, it is a political ploy, not an exercise in political honesty.
Meanwhile, the first two years of Obama's administration, the Republicans do nothing but block his policies at every turn. Obama gets a few things passed, but not enough, considering he controls both houses of Congress, and even those bills are watered down thanks to Republican resistance. Now, with Republicans gaining seats at the midterm elections, the Republicans have avowed to block everything the Democrats attempt to pass until the next election. One can only hope that voters see this as detrimental to the functioning of the U.S. government, and a failure to cooperate a betrayal of their duties as legislators.
Sadly, the ancillary strategy of Republicans is to make intelligent voters so disgusted by the dysfunctional federal government that they disassociate from politics altogether; which, allows the so-called "grassroots", FoxNews-mob-inspired crowd to takeover. It's up to the rest of us not to let that happen.
Labels: politics, sad, strategy
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