The Nation has already undergone a dramatic change since
2008. The republican party was captured by extreme right wing forces, a
combination of religious fascists, borderline criminal commercialists (i.e.,
the Koch’s and Rupert), and old fashioned racists. Those groups represent the
core of the republican party at this stage.
One can tell both from the leadership and their proposed policies, such
as:
1.
The anti-Gay & Lesbian, and anti-abortion
stand;
2.
The anti-regulatory stand, ignoring the growing
evidence of man-made global warming, and the specific demonstrated harmful practices and effects
of their own leadership, e.g., the Koch bothers industrial pollution practices;
3.
The anti-tax stand;
4.
Continued attacks on the middle class; and let us not forget,
5.
The stated policy of the leadership that will
oppose anything President Obama does or proposes to assure that he will be a
one-term President.
They effectively have no other policies. That their own
party brought us to this point of near economic insolvency, through their inane
tax and regulatory policies, is dismissed as mere rhetoric. All current
problems are labeled “Obama problems.” Their willingness to allow the country
to go into default rather than to negotiate in good faith suggests that they
have crossed over into some new territory that at least borders on
Anti-American (at least as we understand America). It is hard to forget things such as Governor
Perry’s suggestion that his state should secede, and Sarah Barbie’s husband
arguing the same case for Alaska. Does this make them proud Americans?? I think
not.
So, as we approach our economic Niagara Falls moment, I will
be watching, along with many millions of people, to see both how the
republicans react at this end-game stage, and how our President negotiates an
end to the crisis. I am less than positive about any outcomes. The President
has shown himself too willing to cave under pressure to republican extremist
dictates. Perhaps he really does believe in compromise always and under all
conditions. That he has caved early on in such negotiations does not bode well
for the current demand set from our republican black knights, who operate under
strict orders from their dukes—the Murdoch’s and Koch’s of the land. It’s really a shame that republicans forgot
that they are Americans first and Murdoch-republicans second.
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