Posted on 11/08/2006 4:55:12 PM PST by jjgnc
American Deterioration
11-8-06
Americans have made their Election Day choices. They have handed control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate to the Democrats under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi, a far left extremist from San Fransisco. They have placed Charles Rangel in charge of the Ways and Means Committee, which will determine "tax policy" i.e. Tax Raises. Every American who pays taxes will suffer the effects of this whether or not they voted for Democrats.
Liberalism did not win on November 7th. The DNC fielded Conservative Democrats across the nation in order to make their party come across to mainstream America as Conservative. But look at their leaders...Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Charles Rangel, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy...and the list goes on. The Democrats have effectively fooled the American people into placing far left extremists in positions of great influence in Congress. Americans fell for their plot head over heels. New Conservative Democrats (as Conservative as being left of Center can be) will cow-tow to Pelosi and her minions without so much as a wimper.
The Republican Party did not help matters. The Republicans left Conservatives in the dust. Their leaders were afraid to be criticized by the drive-by mainstream media and therefore made every attempt to appear Centrist (which is code-word for being afraid to state an opinion). Conservatives, who are the heart and soul of the Republican Party, had lost their leadership. Therefore, they had little inspiration to flood the polls.
Without true leadership, Conservatives have been isolated by those they placed in power during the 1994 Republican Revolution. Their time in power having led them to administrative gluttony, Republican leaders forgot their constituents.
Republicans were defeated by a plan of Nothingness. Democrats presented no agenda, no policies, nothing but opposition to the Iraq War (even that opposition was not cohesive and they provided disparate opinions among themselves). The economy is steamrolling as a result of tax cuts and therefore Democrats remain quiet on the issue. To be defeated by Nothingness is to defeat yourself. Republican leaders in the Senate and House are political voids. They became just like the Democrats...funding ridiculous earmark programs like the Alaskan bridge to nowhere.
Republicans have proven time and again that, if they stay true to Conservative values..without apology...they can win against Democrats. Perhaps this defeat will give them two years to think about the consequences of their lack of action on Conservative issues like late term abortion, gay marriage, permanent tax cuts (as well as major tax code overhauls), and restraints on spending.
As much as Republicans are responsible for their own destruction on Capitol Hill, American voters are just as guilty for the pain to come as a result of their short attention spans. They've forgotten the Democrats retroactive tax increase in the early 90's. They've forgotten what gridlock means. They even seem to have forgotten the attacks on 9/11. If we just leave Iraq, the terrorists will leave us alone, right?
Perhaps this deterioration of the Republican leadership, the continued Godlessness of the Democrats, and the whimsical nature of the populace is a symptom of vast moral decay, recklessness, and irresponsbility in this country. Perhaps the greatness of the United States has prematurely reached its peak.
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You overlooked something, the sky is falling!!
OK, would you like to elaborate? I hate when people do drive-by replies with no substance whatsoever.
No thanks, I don't. I regret you have such a compulsion, you might seek help for that.
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