The great Charles Durning, in The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas plays a corrupt and unprincipled politician totally unwilling to take a moral stand on the issues. He performs a magical song and dance number called "I love to do the sidestep" as he totally refuses to take a stand. We are now seeing that same "raise the barriers, ignore taking a moral stance" from Republicans trying to make a mad dash to the "middle" in order to survive their next election.
All concern for doing the right thing, the moral thing, has been thrown to the winds as Republicans begin catering to the liberal left voting blocks in order to expand their "appeal". Illegal Immigration? Hey, no longer a problem; let's legalize the invaders. Another amnesty may lead to even further invasion? Can't worry about that...have to survive the next election.
How about all that national debt? Hey, it didn't hurt Obama's re-election so let's just let it slide. Interest on our national debt now consuming 33% of our entire GDP? Well...we'll worry about that later. Raise the debt ceiling? Hey, we don't want that fight again. Right or wrong, let's just put that off until May.
Yep, all those "pseudo conservatives" like Jindal and McCain have decided to jump in bed with Obama...if you can't beat em, join em!
Recognizing Republican weakness, the uber liberals in Washington are strutting high and claiming a "huge mandate" from those 51% who sent Obama back into office. Yeah, "that mandate"; the glomming together of gays, illegal-worshipping Hispanics, the Green Check crowd, all thriving in Obama's orgasmic give-away marathon.
The Tea Party's dead, they say. No longer relevant. Well, all I can say is both the wobbling pseudo Republicans and the hubristic socialist wing of the Democratic party may be in for a rude awakening. Already, as taxes rise, as the cost of Obamacare begins to show up in Americans' health care premiums and as interest rates begin to rise, as the stagnant economy continues, as national employment remains in stasis, let's just see what kind of mandate Big Government has with a "center right" electorate.
We are already seeing signs of "voter regret" from some of those who swallowed Obama's golden rhetoric. When the full realization of what Obama and the liberals have wrought, you're going to see a sharp swing back to the right.
When that happens many of these pseudo conservatives are going to find themselves out in the cold. And no rendition of "doing a little sidestep" is going to save them.
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I mean no disrespect here but didn't you say that same thing last summer. This country has been thrown over to the party of shit. The republicans have, in anger, cut their own nose off to spite their face with either voting Ron Paul or not voting at all because of the weak assed candidate fielded by the right last November. Now it's just plain old disgust, watching as repubs give it all away. Things aren't changing, republicans are idiots and nothing better is coming along. It's too late, the debts too high and rising, too many are slothful slobs not interested in stepping out grabbing a shovel and going to work, obama will take care of me. I hate the left, obama, and no spine having republicans. I do wish somebody in government would get loud, just a wish though as nobody is there. Like you said, it's over...sad, damn sad!
I mean no disrespect here but didn't you say that same thing last summer. This country has been thrown over to the party of shit. The republicans have, in anger, cut their own nose off to spite their face with either voting Ron Paul or not voting at all because of the weak assed candidate fielded by the right last November. Now it's just plain old disgust, watching as repubs give it all away. Things aren't changing, republicans are idiots and nothing better is coming along. It's too late, the debts too high and rising, too many are slothful slobs not interested in stepping out grabbing a shovel and going to work, obama will take care of me. I hate the left, obama, and no spine having republicans. I do wish somebody in government would get loud, just a wish though as nobody is there. Like you said, it's over...sad, damn sad!
Yes, Ken...I did write about that last fall. If you recall I wanted Marco Rubio because he was most well spoken...the rest were awkward. And yes, after Romney was nominated I voted for him because, although not a true conservative, he was better than Obama. Many of us who voted for Mitt felt the same way.
As to those who stayed home, or didn't bother to vote at all, well, they are now seeing the results of that apathy.
By the way, it was the same story for McCain; he lost because too many knew he was just a pseudo Republican. After he won his Senate term two years ago he began drifting back to the left.
You don't see Marco Rubio doing the same thing (moving to the left)?
No, actually if you chech his record you'll find he was critical of the Republicans stiff stance on immigration...I don't agree with him on the issue but he fits everything else I want in a candidate...well spoken, conservative and would have countered Obama's honeyed words with solid evidence to the contrary...and would have said it well, unlike the other candidates.
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