The Democratic Party spent many a year wandering in the wilderness, away from power, because of a lack of strong leadership, and an inability to develop a backbone in the fight against conservative propaganda. But through the years, other then Hillary's pronouncement of a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, the Democratic party never actually fell under the control of people who believed in conspiracies like the Republican party has fallen under sway of the Birther movement.
And just out of curiosity, why do people with the last name of McCarthy seem to suffer from paranoia? Case in point: Joseph McCarthy. My apologies to anyone named McCarthy who happens to stop by my humble blog. Unless, of course, you think I am out to tarnish your good name. Point made!
Well, back to my original point.
I understand every system goes through a period where there is a lack of strong leadership, or they just happen to be out of step with the prevailing winds. But the Republican party seems to be suffering from something far worse than either of those two problems; it appears to have incompetent leadership which is unable to purge the worse possible scourge from it's membership. And I am not talking about their base in the electorate, I mean the rank and file politicians who ultimately define and shape the values and messages of the party.
At a time when the country is suffering from the worse recession in it's history, we have congressmen in the Republican party focusing on an already well discredited theory of President Obama's place of birth. Do they honestly believe that an unemployed mother of two, who's worried about where the next meal is coming from, or whether they will have a roof over their heads tomorrow, or - God forbid - how to get medical help for a sick child, gives a rat's ass about President Obama's place of birth? Do you think a construction worker, who's wondering when he will be called back to work cares? Or the small business owner who's wondering when his customers will resume placing orders?
This, then, is what's wrong with the Republican party. While the Democratic party may have been out of step with the prevailing winds and lacked strong leadership, they never lost sight of what their job was - to focus on the problems of Americans and work towards solutions. Meanwhile, the Republicans continue to serve up the latest monster under the bed, continues to ignore the problems of average Americans, and fails to offer even halfhearted solutions.
This is fail on so many levels as to be too painful to watch. The Republican party, no longer so grand, but obviously very old, is just too far removed from the majority of the electorate. The are floundering in the wilderness, and some time in the future, when our future electorate stumbles across their fossils, they will be classified as a missing link and examined in amazement and wonder, and maybe with a touch of pity.
Oh, okay, so maybe 'touch of pity' is taking it too far.
And just out of curiosity, why do people with the last name of McCarthy seem to suffer from paranoia? Case in point: Joseph McCarthy. My apologies to anyone named McCarthy who happens to stop by my humble blog. Unless, of course, you think I am out to tarnish your good name. Point made!
Well, back to my original point.
I understand every system goes through a period where there is a lack of strong leadership, or they just happen to be out of step with the prevailing winds. But the Republican party seems to be suffering from something far worse than either of those two problems; it appears to have incompetent leadership which is unable to purge the worse possible scourge from it's membership. And I am not talking about their base in the electorate, I mean the rank and file politicians who ultimately define and shape the values and messages of the party.
At a time when the country is suffering from the worse recession in it's history, we have congressmen in the Republican party focusing on an already well discredited theory of President Obama's place of birth. Do they honestly believe that an unemployed mother of two, who's worried about where the next meal is coming from, or whether they will have a roof over their heads tomorrow, or - God forbid - how to get medical help for a sick child, gives a rat's ass about President Obama's place of birth? Do you think a construction worker, who's wondering when he will be called back to work cares? Or the small business owner who's wondering when his customers will resume placing orders?
This, then, is what's wrong with the Republican party. While the Democratic party may have been out of step with the prevailing winds and lacked strong leadership, they never lost sight of what their job was - to focus on the problems of Americans and work towards solutions. Meanwhile, the Republicans continue to serve up the latest monster under the bed, continues to ignore the problems of average Americans, and fails to offer even halfhearted solutions.
This is fail on so many levels as to be too painful to watch. The Republican party, no longer so grand, but obviously very old, is just too far removed from the majority of the electorate. The are floundering in the wilderness, and some time in the future, when our future electorate stumbles across their fossils, they will be classified as a missing link and examined in amazement and wonder, and maybe with a touch of pity.Oh, okay, so maybe 'touch of pity' is taking it too far.
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