Posted on 03/05/2015 4:47:57 AM PST by cotton1706
Republicans have always been driven to sell out their principles based on unfounded and irrational fear of outcomes. However, since winning the 2014 midterm elections, they have taken this irrational fear to a new level. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal even calls it post-election stress syndrome.
During the ‘90s, with a popular president in the White House and a soaring economy, Republicans had more courage to challenge a sitting Democrat president than the current generation of GOPers – even though this president is extremely radical, reckless, lawless, and unpopular. Back in 1995, Republicans were willing to battle the president on budget bills over policy disagreements – with the deficit a fraction of what it is today. Their efforts resulted in welfare reform. Now Republicans are too scared to fight Obama on anything, even on issues where he has exhibited lawless or dangerous behavior, such as amnesty, Obamacare, and Iran.
Amazingly they fail to see, as evidenced by the midterm elections, that the country views this president as anything but mainstream or reasonable in a way that would complicate political brinkmanship against him. According to a new Huffington Post/YouGov poll, less than half of respondents said that Obama loves America. A plurality of voters across a number of demographics in the cross-tabs of the poll, in fact, said that Obama does not love America. We are not exactly dealing with a popularity juggernaut here.
The common refrain from Republicans is “we will get blamed.” And they make sure to shout this bromide from the hilltops for all to hear.
Whereas conservatives view leverage points, such as budget bills, debt ceilings, and the impending Supreme Court case on Obamacare subsidies, as opportunities to be embraced; GOP leadership views them as the plague to be avoided.
(Excerpt) Read more at madisonproject.com ...
Willard the RINO RAT (laughing to Sen. Kennedy after imposing RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE):
"We have so Grubered them all!!!"
"At the foundation of our civil liberties lies
the principle that denies to government officials
an exceptional position before the law and which
subjects them to the same rules of conduct
that are commands to the citizen."
Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Don't waste much of your life on the 2016 election. Put your energy into your own community, and help make it strong enough to survive the schisms that are coming.
Their policy of come on strong and cave helps re-enforce the idea that they can’t win. They never let themselves win so they believe even more firmly that they can’t. This is why we need to get rid of the RINOs in leadership.
The GOP isn’t throwing interceptions. They’re standing awkwardly in a huddle, eying the other team nervously, taking delay of game penalties and losing 5 yards each time, congratulating themselves for being on offense.
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