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OpinionTHE DAMAGE IS ALREADY DONE. All we can do is wait and see. Will our health care industry survive Obamacare? Competent authorities argue that it won't. Those who care argue that it will. What's the point in arguing. It is what it is and let us give thanks for all that is about to come. Will our economy turn around? There is plenty of evidence that it won't. Those who fight for what is fair argue that we are already recovering. Again, we can only wait and see. Will the world know peace with the United States relinquishing all leadership? Obama has been reelected and will continue to lead from behind. War and peace are irrelevant. Can the Republican majority in the House of Representatives alter the course of events? Of course not. They can't alter the fact that Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac are doubling down on the same unwise investments that got us into the economic mess that now prevails. Dodd-Frank, the bill that set us on this path, can't be repealed without the agreement of the Democratically dominated Senate. They can't pass a budget. Harry Reid and the Senate have already declared that they will not pass a budget in the coming session.
Will citizens rise up in anger at the Senate's refusal to perform their most basic duty? Of course not. The majority of those who vote have no appreciation for the importance of fiscal controls. They have been taught to believe that the government can print just as much money as it spends. Who cares if the Republicans in the House object. They are, after all, just the party of “no”. There are some now arguing that the Republicans in the House should simply vote “present” for the next two years. Allow the Democrats to have their way. Since nothing can be done to avoid the fiscal cliff over which we are about to plunge, let the Democrats take responsibility for it. Unfortunately, the voting public won't see it that way. Regardless of how the Republicans act, they will be blamed. Isn't the current economy the fault of George Bush and the Republicans? If Obama and the Democrats fail, it can still be blamed on them. If the Republicans attempt to alter our path and we fail, it will be their fault. Yes, the Republicans can't win for losing. There's only one way in which the Republican's can succeed. They can prevent Obama from being elected to a third term by preventing a Constitution Amendment that would allow it. Does all this mean that the Republican Party is finished? Maybe not. Surprisingly, the Republican party remains dominant in the majority of states. The Tea Party movement is succeeding at spreading conservative ideas at the local level. Now, if only the Republican Party can come to embrace conservatism and field a conservative candidate for President in the next election, they might break the cycle of electing celebrities to that office. If not, the conservative majority in this country will continue to stay away from the polls, and the future will continue to be in the hands of the progressives.
5 Comments
11/25/2012 12:20:25 am
The GOP is dead until somebody realizes that today's elections are won on emotion and not on logic. Don't tell anyone what the numbers mean. Nobody cares. Just prove their side has more worthless low life SOBs than your side does.
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Jack Durish
11/25/2012 12:29:07 pm
Now, now, let's not get cynical. Politics has always been a game of replacing their scoundrels with our scoundrels
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11/26/2012 10:21:34 am
The Republican Party is not dead yet, but it's dying. They need to start examining the tactics that will be necessary to get their message into the right voters. There are a lot of Republican minded people who just don't realize what exactly they believe and they need to be educated--especially in the minorities and the young.
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Jack Durish
11/26/2012 11:19:43 am
Another nail has been driven into the coffin. A group of Republican Senators has announced that they will join efforts to raise taxes on the rich.
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