Posted on 01/05/2006 6:18:00 AM PST by Theodore R.
Judgment day for Republicans
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: January 5, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
This year marks the 12th anniversary of the "Republican Revolution."
It will also herald a judgment day for the GOP.
Republicans in Congress have several factors working against them:
Despite having control, at least in theory, of all three branches of the federal government since 2001, it is difficult to perceive any significant positive change of course for the nation. Spending is way up even if you don't consider the expenses of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly five years after America was the target of a devastating, unthinkable terrorist attack, the borders remain unsecured.
A major scandal that touches the president and many members of Congress including the Republican leadership is unfolding in Washington. Though lobbyist Jack Abramoff bought favors from both Democrats and Republicans, it is clear that, when the smoke clears, the party in power will pay a much higher political price.
According to a new poll, about half of Americans believe correctly that most members of Congress are corrupt.
These factors, and others, lead me to believe Republicans will be punished badly in this year's mid-term elections worse than anyone now imagines.
Somehow Republicans have managed to squander every advantage they had a dozen years ago as "mavericks" who were going to make government more accountable to the people, less corrupt, responsive to the rule of law, more moral.
It hasn't happened. That's obvious to one and all even the most hopeful of us. The Republican Party is clearly part of the problem. A significant portion of the GOP base now recognizes, rightly, that no fundamental change in the direction of the country will occur because of the election of Republicans to office even if they occupied every single seat in the House, Senate, Supreme Court and the White House.
"Republican" no longer connotes smaller government, more freedom, less intrusion in our personal lives and a more vibrant economy as it did after eight years of Ronald Reagan. "Republican" today more likely connotes even for those who tend to vote for the party incompetence, corruption, compromise, betrayal.
None of this, of course, is to excuse or rationalize the Democratic Party as a viable alternative. That would be like rejecting the frying pan for the fire.
But, nevertheless, think what will happen on Election Day when 2 to 3 percent of the previously most passionate "Republicans" stay home. Think of what it will mean when 20 to 30 percent of the grass-roots activists Republicans have counted on to work for them don't show up this year.
That's what I expect to happen in 2006.
I expect the Democrats to make tremendous gains in the House and Senate by default simply because the Republicans have blown it over the last 12 years.
They have squandered the greatest historic opportunity to rein in unconstitutional government in Washington since the War Between the States.
They may be finished for another generation as a majority party. If it doesn't happen in 2006, it will surely happen in 2008, because the party leadership shows no signs of "getting it." They have put personality above principle and there is no chance of going back.
There are no Ronald Reagans waiting in the wings. Instead, the leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 are Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani. Neither holds a candle to the legacy and values of Reagan.
But there is a silver lining under this dark cloud.
Maybe Americans will understand there is no national salvation to be found in one political party or the other. Maybe they will begin to understand that we are not supposed to be a people ruled by elitists in Washington. Maybe we will start acting like the self-governing people we are supposed to be. Maybe we will start taking charge of our own lives again instead of looking to Washington to solve our problems.
Maybe 2006 will be the year we begin "Taking America Back."
My mom had taken a magic marker and made little purple hearts on bandaids. I passed them out to people. It was a real hoot! Obviously, that was not the only factor, and people like my mom may have been rare across the country. But Bush, a successful wartime incumbent, did have a hard time with such a vulnerable twit, which is the basic point being made, IMHO.
It is better that Jeb Bush runs for the Senate seat this year in Florida. This will almost guarantee that we will take this seat from the democrat Bill Nelson.
You people who predicted that President Bush was going to lose the elections all year long in 2004, have suddenly changed your dumb argument from president Bush certain defeat prediction to a dumber argument of how did Bush win only by few points over a weak candidate like Kerry. You did this in order to save face after your moronic analysis and predictions last year were proven wrong, and you think that many on FR did not notice this.
I agree pretty much with you. That said, I think he's right in the article.
Oh boy. Did you blow it!
"You people who predicted that President Bush was going to lose the elections all year long in 2004, have suddenly changed your dumb argument from president Bush certain defeat prediction to a dumber argument of how did Bush win only by few points over a weak candidate like Kerry."
I had predicted a Bush victory, a gain in the Senate, and a gain in the House in 2004, before Kerry was even nominated. As for goldstategop, I don't recall him predicting a Bush defeat in 2004 either, although I only rarely track a sampling of his posts.
The point is, we want more change and less corruption in DC. Is that stupid? Only to a Bushbot or a rat, it appears.
If this Abramof thing goes really badly, yes I do. Remember the House Bank scandal? This could be worse.
Whenever I hear one of the rats say "This is a Republican Scandal", all I can think is "Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha, Gotcha, Gotcha." Frankly I hope it blows the dome off the capitol, in a political sense of course.
I don't see voting in the weak-kneed, Monday morning quarterbacking, terrorist supporting, cut & run, socialist, democrat party though, scandal or not.
Correct. But don't expect the wilfully blind to see.
Boston Legal, even though it has a left-leaning politica bent, is the BEST show on TV right now, IMHO.
I wouldn't vote for Jeb any more than Hillary Guliani or McMainiac.
Is there ANY chance of Jeb running for Senate? If you look at the Ras poll, Harris is being BLOWN out by Nelson, by over 20%. Her favorables are like 35%, her unfavorables 53% (or some ridiculous numbers like those). She should drop her bid pronto.
So many things have happened, malfeasance covered up (like the berglar and Able Danger), rats allowed to slide, that make no sense that I am left with no conclusion but that the party in power must be crooked as h-e-double hockey sticks.
You just slandered me. Back in 2004, I had the prediction of Bush's and congressional wins in my profile. Show a single post of me predicting Bush's defeat in 2004, or apologize, you slanderous liar!
Please tell me what is the constructive national agenda that the democrats will present to the American voters so it allows them to take over Congress? It is the cut and run policy in Iraq? Protecting the terrorist rights against eavesdropping? Boasting that they killed the Patriot Act? More taxes? Pro-Gay agenda? Pro-Abortion?
No, the house banking scandal did not cause the '94 election results. I knew that already. This was a couple of years before '94. It did not cause a party change because pols from both parties got burned.
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