Posted on 10/10/2014 10:39:17 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
It’s time for Republicans to give serious thought to what happens if they win the Senate and House this November, as it looks increasingly that they will. While not exactly Pyrrhic, this victory will present a whole range of potential problems and traps that could negatively affect this country’s future and the world. And as we know, we are living in precarious times.
Barack Obama is a man unaccustomed to losing. Life has been exceptionally kind to him, sailing, as he did, through balmy Oahu sunsets, college, law school and career on into the presidency with scarcely a bump. He has been a protected man beyond any in recent memory, feted and praised virtually everywhere he went until the last couple of years. Even now, despite catastrophe after catastrophe, there are acolytes who continue to celebrate him, paying tens of thousands merely to have their photographs taken with him.
When such cosseted people are forced to confront failure, they typically do not do so with grace. They are rarely able to admit fault, as if even a crack in their pristine facades could lead to extreme personality disintegration. We have already seen manifestations of this in Obama’s refusal to acknowledge something so obvious as his own inability to foresee the dangers of ISIS, aka the JV team. Insider books by Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton and Leon Panetta have appeared in rapid succession, implying or directly alleging that the president lives in a bubble, unwilling to listen to advice. He frequently threatens to — and sometimes does — go around the Congress to get his way via, often unconstitutional, executive fiat. We all know that he lies, constantly.
This man is angry but highly unlikely to go into an anger management program. Imagine what will happen after November. We could be looking at behavior that would fit the very definition of “acting out,” anti-social but on a global scale. And he still has two more years in office.
Do I exaggerate? I hope so, but I fear not. We have to be alert. Anything could happen. Remember: Obama is currently fighting ISIS against his will and only for electoral purposes. When the election is over, and especially if he loses, all bets are off. The man who made the apology tour throughout the Islamic world and was best friends with Islamists Morsi and Erdogan could reappear as never before. What that could mean could be any number of things, but none of them good. The Global War on Terror could become another example of “work-place violence” in an instant. Kurds and Israelis better beware.
The Environmental Protection Agency could become a virtual American gestapo, changing the fabric of our lives, while all sorts of rules and regulations pour down, impoverishing America in the name of income inequality or the all-important “fairness.”
Look for the race card to be played as never before. A man like Obama would much prefer to blame the color of his skin for his failures than his policies. Then he would have to evaluate himself.
One thing we can be sure of, if the Democrats lose the Senate, look for Hillary Clinton to separate from Obama even further than she has. You can imagine Bill telling her to explain that when she said “What difference does it make?” about Benghazi, she really meant “What difference does it make if Obama is in control?”
True as that might be, it is a bridge too far even for Bill. But the equivalent will be said — many times. But we must not be confused or deceived by that inevitable gulf. If Hillary is elected, it will largely be by the same people who elected Obama. She will be beholden to them and nothing will change. As time goes on, it will inevitably grow worse.
As treacherous as the last few years have been, the next two, even with a Republican victory, could be even more so. Stay vigilant. Victory in November is, at best, a halfway house. Don’t celebrate for long.
If it slows Obama’s destruction, it’s better than the alternative.
It will either be more of the same or civil war starting in the major cities.
He'll just get out the old pen, and say "stop me if you can!"
We have to wait 2 years!!
If the GOP wins the Senate, Mitch McConnell will bring back the rules to give the minority party more power. He might even offer them a power-sharing agreement. Then a new “Gang of 8” will arise to ensure that the Democrats will win every major vote.
“What happens if the Republicans win?”
OH, NO! We’re all gonna DIE! < /sarcasm >
Just sheer, simple-minded, visceral PREJUDICE, that’s what it is. No different, really than despising others because of their Catholic faith, or the state of servitude of their ancestors, or those of Chinese origin.
Can liberals be at least as tolerant of Christian conservative Republicans, as they are of “peaceful” jihadist Muslims, who, after all, have a perfectly legitimate complaint that justifies beheading people?
If Rove, McConnell, and Boner have their way, the only thing that will change is a few name plates.
they’ll do nothing to oppose the democrats and obama for fear they will lose their majority.
The phrase “Obama’s destruction” is ambiguous. The way I read it at first, it seemed to mean “the destruction of Obama” rather than “the destruction caused by Obama”.
Take note that Obama merely accelerated what has been done since 2000, socially and governmentally. (Or is that since the end of WWII? Mark Levin’s account of what the establishment GOP did to Reagan when he opposed Ford in 1976 makes me wonder; and of course long before that, there were certain things Eisenhower did.)
The Democrats completely crippled Bush in 2006, so the GOP had best put the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers in a time-out chair for two years if they wish to be taken seriously.
Exactly! The 8 Gangsters, who only come up for air when the GOP
has a majority, will rear their clog up the senate heads.
“I WILL HAVE HIGHER FLEXIBILITY AFTER THE ELECTION...”
He's been doing that for six years and congress has not responded for fear of disrupting years of traditional and collegiality.
E-Republican: “WE WON!! WE WON!!
E-Republican after thinking: “OH NO!!, now we’ve got to do something”
- Amnesty for illegals
- Increased infringements of the right to keep and bear arms
- More handouts to secure votes
- The same or less oversight of the big banks that control the currency
- More killing overseas
- More losses of freedom and privacy at home
Pretty much what happens when the (D) is in control.
What happens?
Boehner and McConnell pass amnesty.
Obama appoints Supreme Court liberal extremists with Republican Senate approval.
McConnell restores the filibuster for the Democrats.
Spending increases and earmarks grow.
Conservatives like Cruz and Steve King are punished and stripped of their assignments.
Obamacare stays.
Taxes are raised.
The conservative base throws in the towel and gives up politics forever.
Hillary Clinton wins in a landslide, the Senate and House go Democrat, as true Republicans and the middle class stay home after another backstabbing by the RINO establishment.
beat me by three minutes!
I type too slow.
I assert that the GOPe is actually afraid of winning, because they’ll be expected to thwart Obama, and they really don’t want to be in that position.
You have to vote for Republicans, and the Republicans win, before you learn what is in the Republicans’ platform.
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