GOP Bankruptcy

German grandmother smothers
summons-serving Bailiff “hunk”
with kisses, is arrested for assault.

It is obvious that the Republican Party is increasingly becoming irrelevant. It is split into at least two and possibly more factions. They lack any clear leader, they are a minority party, they are scrabbling among themselves, they lack ideas, and after their dismal performance of the past eight years they have lost all credibility. What is worse, however, and I think more important, is that they have become both morally and intellectually bankrupt. Consider their recent behavior. One of their spokesmen the other day, for example, admitted that Republicans were going to oppose Obama at every turn, for no reason other than purely political ones. This is at a time when our nation is in a severe crisis, and requires the cooperation of all if we are to succeed in overcoming it. They think by destroying Obama they may be able to return to power. Put simply, they are putting themselves and their party ahead of the nation’s well-being. They have become known as the party of “no.” Then there is the problem of what to do with the stimulus money they all voted against. Most of the Republican Governors of course accepted the money, having opposed it rather dramatically in principle. You might conclude there is a bit of hypocrisy here. On the other hand we have the Governor of North Carolina (South?) saying that he will not spend the stimulus money but will, rather, pay down the state’s debt, apparently oblivious to the purpose of the stimulus and an utterly nonsensical thing to do. And Senators like Lindsey Graham, having been staunchly opposed to the stimulus, have now eagerly embraced it. Having spent like drunken sailors during the past eight years, with their President George W. Bush never vetoing a single request, and thus having run up the national debt beyond any previous administration, by far, and converted a large surplus into an enormous debt, they have the gall to criticize Democrats for wanting to spend too much to try to save the country. Now they are attempting to stop the Employee Free Choice Act, designed to allow workers to more easily form unions if they wish. One of the means they are employing is simply to lie, repeatedly, and insist the act is designed to take away secret ballots, which it is not. Lying, however, comes easily to Republicans. Why would anyone be opposed to workers having the right to organize and attempt to get better wages and benefits? Well, obviously, because corporations and companies would prefer to have slave labor if they could. Are we to consider this the “American way?” And if, unfortunately, it is the American way, ought it to be?

One of the largest factions, the so-called “Republican Base,” is right-wing to such an extreme they are proud to say that Rush Limbaugh speaks for them. Rush Limbaugh, a well-known hypocrite, liar, and hatemonger, a loud-mouthed buffoonish racist, who heaps scorn on feminists, mocks the handicapped, insults children, and in general is an all-around disgusting person with no redeeming virtues, is now regarded by many Republicans as their primary spokesperson. This same faction of the party also listens to and cheers such other hatemongers as Bill O’Reilly, Hannity, Coulter, and even the seriously mentally handicapped Glenn Beck. These people speak disparagingly of things they obviously know nothing about, like genetics, scientific research of all kinds, world and American history, socialism, capitalism, and whatever. They will oppose universal health care, desperately needed in the U.S., as socialism. Socialism, in their view, is just plain awful. They are apparently unaware of medicare, Medicaid, social security, public schools, and so on. For many of these ultra-rightist no-brainers, Sarah Palin would be their pick for our next President. Sarah Palin, a know-nothing lady who managed to become Governor of the sparsely populated state of Alaska, and who, through an idiotic mistake of John McCain’s was picked as his running mate. She demonstrated her know-nothingness repeatedly and made a fool of herself and the Republican party. But they loved her. And they say she will be ready to be President in 2012. I’m sorry, but Sarah Palin will not be ready to be President of the U.S. even in a hundred years, and those that think so are beyond reason or help. Some of the other potential candidates for President on the Republican side are men who do not believe in evolution, in other words, men so out of touch with the reality of contemporary knowledge as to be other-worldly. Probably their best candidate at the moment is Mitt (I’ve been a hunter all my life) Romney, a Mormon. I have no idea what he really believes. Other than in making lots of money, but I do know he is not adverse to lying in order to get his way. These people, collectively, are so shallow, so ill-informed, so dogmatic in beliefs that have been proven wrong time and time again, so dishonest, greedy, and treacherous, they could eventually win. It’s the American way. They’d all love to have a beer with Sarah, the anti-environmentalist wolf and moose killer. Just imagine her walking around with our nuclear code. This group of people seems to believe that anyone can be President, even people as ignorant as they are. Knowledge, education, pertinent experience, character, even the ability to reason seems to have no meaning to them. If you can shoot and cook a Moose, and see Russia from your front door, why shouldn’t you be President of the most powerful nation on earth? I mean, it has just been proven that you don’t have to have intellect or even a rudimentary knowledge of geography or world politics, or previous success at anything, to become President. Just look at what a fine job George W. Bush, a “C” student, did as President. The Republican Party, which under Bush/Cheney became little more than a criminal organization (Brafia), has now become the party of Dumb and Dumber. It appears to be eager to stay that way.

LKBIQ:
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
H. L. Mencken

TILT:
The pig-footed bandicoot is extinct.