Thank you SO MUCH for that ping to the Sundance article.
It describes very well the present state of our distrust of the GOP.
From the article:
Here’s a list of those modern conservative “small(er) government†principles:
• Did the GOP secure the border with control of the White House and Congress? NO.
• Did the GOP balance the budget with control of the White House and Congress? NO
• Did the GOP even pass a FY 2016 budget with control of the House and Senate? NO.
• Who gave us a $2.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill in December 2015? The GOP
• Who eliminated, not just raise but eliminated, the debt ceiling? The GOP
• Who gave us the TSA? The GOP
• Who gave us the Patriot Act? The GOP
• Who expanded Medicare to include prescription drug coverage? The GOP
• Who created the precursor of “Common Core†in “Race To the Top� The GOP
• Who played the race card in Mississippi to re-elect Thad Cochran? The GOP
• Who paid Democrats to vote in the Mississippi primary? The GOP
• Who refused to support Ken Cuccinnelli in Virginia? The GOP
• Who supported Charlie Crist? The GOP
• Who supported Arlen Spector? The GOP
• Who supported Bob Bennett? The GOP
• Who worked against Jim DeMint? The GOP
• Who worked against Rand Paul? The GOP
• Who worked against Ted Cruz? The GOP
• Who worked against Mike Lee? The GOP
• Who worked against Ronald Reagan? The GOP
• Who is working against Donald Trump? The GOP
• Who said “I think we are going to crush [the Tea Party] everywhere.� The GOP (McConnell)
You are most welcome, Exit! I thought our Friends on this thread might find it interesting!
Perhaps a little off topic, but I think it might fit in with the thread (bear with me, it’s only 7 a.m. here in the Peoples Republic of Seattle).
Something I’ve been thinking about for a while is that Trump talks about the Republicans in Congress not doing what we want them to do and not going against Obama (the huge recent budget is an example) - granted that he also mentions that we know what the Dims would do and vote for.
While I agree with him and some of them definitely need to be removed, there are a few good congresscritters (Jeff Sessions is the 1st one that comes to mind for me), I’m a little apprehensive on our candidates pounding on the Pubbies in Congress too much as I don’t want the Dims to take over either the House or Senate in 2016/17. The Senate is going to be tough because we have a lot more up for reelection than the Dims. If (when) Trump is President, it would be much better if he had a total Pubbie congress - think he could work with them better and get them to do what he wants. Reid is leaving, which would make that slime Schumer (who never met a camera he didn’t like and would be very vocal) as the Senate Majority or Minority leader. As much as most of us dislike McConnell, I think he’d have a bit easier time working with him (even though I despise what he did with Cochran). Best scenario - Pubbies keep House and Senate and McConnell is replaced with Jeff Sessions (if he isn’t the VP pick) as Majority Leader. I’d prefer someone else to Ryan as Speaker, but I think if Trump is President and someone other than McConnell is Senate Leader, he may be workable (especially continued pressure by the conservatives in the House). Just my #.02