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."
Having read a number of pieces by this guy over the years, he's never right about anything. However, a few select sentences jumped out at me:
"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.'"
This is what I've been doing. Instead of getting all wrapped around the axle over what's going on in Washington, I've spent the last eight years or so concentrating on a local level. Local politics is a blast, and your vote certainly does more for you and your family at the local level versus the National level.
Maybe that would be a good place for others to start if they feel helpless and hopeless these days? It's worked for me.
And, my usual plea to people to look at their federal tax base-line and do all they legally can to send less of their hard-earned dollars to support the cancer that is our current national government, also applies here. When you're not contributing to Washington's bottom line, you're removing yourself from the problem in a tangible way, IMHO.
nice post, I agree.
Just curious, how were you able to go that quick in your search all the way to 2004? Is there a faster search technique that I should learn? Please let me know.
I did call on a couple of old friends to recall my posts. I have nothing to hide. The guy slandered me. And this is not a court room. One of us is a liar. And it's the guy who slandered me. It would be nice to find my 2004 prediction. I'm proud of it.
Ahhh ... evidence! Tune in next installment to find out if the claimant was telling the truth!
Thank you for the search. My prediction, as I said, was prior to Kerry's nomination. That's what makes it so amazing.
Trade secret. ;-) At the bottom of your posting history page, there is a "go back farther" link. That link has a couple of numbers in it. The larger one of those numbers represents "how far back" the link will go. Build a catalog of those numbers (theare are FR post numbers) crossed against calendar days, and voila, back to the past.
I covertly check lots of freeper claims. It's fun, and it's free.
Maybe Herman Cain will run again for a national office.
I agree. I am praying that we can find a good conservative for this election and so far this has not happened. The spending has to stop more than anything this year. The good thing is that many times a candidate does not appear until closer to the election, but everyday it does get closer.
A case could easily be made that our Government is in fact an exact reflection of the people. Perhaps that is our real problem.
I agree. I think Jeb is the best, strongest candidate out there but too many people would not support him because they wouldn't trust having a third Bush.
Thank you again! Glad to have that prediction confirmed!
I forget why I wasn't freeping for a few months then. I get computer problems sometimes, such as recently. Not exactly a high budget computer guy, here. =]
I must confess, however, I had the odd-year governor race all wrong, here in Virginia, however. I was overly-optimistic and didn't factor in Kilgore's lack of fiscal conservatism.
I agree and I would add one thing: the highly effective Republican convention, especially Senator Zell Miller's speech. Kerry took a savage beating throughout that convention, and it cemented in voters minds his leftist tendencies.
I generally hold that view. We have the government we deserve, since in the USA system, the people have closer control of the levers of government than people in any other country.
YOU DEMANDED PROOF? WELL HERE IT IS, YOU SLANDERING LIAR!
I DEMAND AN APOLOGY.
And BTW, how many people predicted gains in the House, Senate, and a Bush win prior to Kerry's nomination?
08/20/2004
Bush might not win Taxachuttssess and other New England states. Nor can he count on Fairyland, even though that state was glad to send the Sniper team down here in Virginia to face genuine justice. I'm not sure about Ohio either: they are so busy turning parents into sunburn felons out there. But as for the almost-sane states, Bush will win, like I've been telling people since Howard Dean.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195292/posts?page=4#4
A strong analysis. Unfortunately we have to remember that, probably, the majority of the Republicans now are former democrats that have bailed on the socialist, anti-American agenda.
I believe that the time may be ripe for a third party, a conservative party, that would draw the right wing of the Republican party to it. This could be the stake in the heart of the democrat vampire. A tectonic shift in American Politics, preserving the two party system, but placing the democrat party on the ash heap of history. There is precedent for this in terms of the democrat, Whig, and Republican parties.
I don't think my Congressman, Culberson, is involved because he is a freshman. But if he doesn't see the writing on the wall, I fear he will go the way of the rest of them. I'm quite sure Cornyn is on the take. I'm not sure about Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Why would you not vote for Jeb? I am just curious as to your reason.
"'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."
--and big government.
Truly the Stupid Party.
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