Republicans think they can do it better and the American people believe them. Now here is their chance to really fix all of American's problems with all their great ideas!
Idea's like huge tax cuts for the wealthy adding billions of dollars on to the deficit, repealing health care reform so children with cancer will have to get a job to pay for their health bills, and of course keeping that great policy of 'Don't ask - Don't tell’ because the military is much better off without those gays getting in the way.
Oh - and we get to watch an oversize ompa loompa decide how to run a section of the government. This should be entertaining! One way Obama can make sure that Republicans can be seen for their true colors is to just agree with them, all of the time - that way the Republicans will be left with no ideas at all nothing to show for themselves except their discontent for the American President (Nobel Peace Prize winning American President, by the way).
I'm so excited for these next two years, for Republicans to really show us what they've got, that THEY know how to fix the slow growing economy, that they can bring millions of job miraculously back to America by giving really rich people more money to createcheaper jobs overseas because it’s better for business that way *cough* Meg Whitman *cough*. They have spent the last 2 years whining like babies (Nut Gingrich anyone? - I'm only 23 and I remember what happen last time)- that no one is listening to them - that no one cares what they have to say - and that Democrats are big bullies trying to push their crazy socialist agendas on all of America.
The problem does not lie with the Republicans - they are only the loudest voice in the room. The problem I fear is with the Democrats - their fight for what is right is a quiet one. They do not boast about their accomplishments, they do not highlight the good work they have done as legislators; they do not tout their frustrations with an opposition that simply wants them to fail at everything. Democrats sense of standing up for what is right is done in a way that they are not the loudest voice in the room or the voice that gets the most attention - except for the few brave ones *cough* Anthony Weiner *cough* - who choose to use their voice to gain media attention to bring to light the unfair politics that have been occurring in Washington.
I know Obama is going to get re-elected, that I am not worried about. He is a strong intellectual man who stands up for what is right not based on ideology or blind faith, he stands up for what is right through pure humility in connecting with people on a deeper level than any other president and he knows how to give a speech!
Obama is not who I am worried about - Republicans are not who I am worried about - it is the American people who have been blinded by ignorant hate, by acid words, and by fear filled propaganda. To use Glen Becks homage to WWII - do you ever wonder how an entire country could have participated in the systematic inhalation of 12 million people in a few years? Now I am in no way equating what the right wing does as ever possibly being able to cultivate such strong hatred as to ever reach this level of evil - I am however asking that you open your mind to see how it was possible 60+ years ago with similar campaigns fueled by the rich, similar media propaganda spewed by those who lack the maturity to compromise, similar finger pointing to a single set of people who are the root cause of all the problems our society faces??
No, Republicans it is your turn. You are in power. You are the ones who will take the blame, who will take the fall, who will loose and this time you will not be able to hide behind Democrats for your failures. And don't think for one minute that Democrats will not be right behind you doing the good work they do with the American people's best interest at heart - the quite voices, the humble policy makers, with the well informed and the disenfranchised by their side.
Or maybe you'll succeed - maybe you'll somehow create jobs, lower the unemployment rate, bring prosperity back to America, and once again we will be a strong economic front to the world. All in all, it's a win-win situation - the down side, this continued stalemate of our government, the continued decline in our material wealth and global strength, the continued bloodshed of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the continued policy of 'NO', and the continued suffering of so many Americans needlessly- this would be the greatest loss for the next two years...
I apologize for the length of this post, I have been off the blog radar for some time but now that I have internet in my home I am back, I will be getting the facts, I will be deciphering the opinions and I will be following the issues. More to come, thanks for playing :)
