ideo·logue
noun \ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg, -ˌläg\1
: an impractical idealist : theorist
2
: an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology
That's what Republicans in the US House of Representatives are; "impractical idealists". It's their way or the highway, baby.
I'm an independent voter, sometimes siding more with one political party or the other depending on the issue, but never consistently enough to proclaim myself a Democrat or a Republican. IMHO there are indeed a few places where compromise is NOT an alternative: Faith, honesty, integrity....but politics isn't one of them. I'm fed up with the Republican ideologues in Congress.
I'm an independent voter, sometimes siding more with one political party or the other depending on the issue, but never consistently enough to proclaim myself a Democrat or a Republican. IMHO there are indeed a few places where compromise is NOT an alternative: Faith, honesty, integrity....but politics isn't one of them. I'm fed up with the Republican ideologues in Congress.
Through [mainly] their efforts they have empowered the financial services industry (think big banks) to rob us blind and ultimately take the world to the precipice of a financial abyss. Over the past 30 years the middle class has seen their fortunes stagnate (fact) while the upper class has seen theirs reach unprecedented highs (also a fact). When is enough, enough? Now the Republican House of Representatives won't even give the working stiffs a simple payroll tax cut extension to help mitigate the financial misery we're all experiencing? (Well, not all...see above.) Merry Christmas to you, too, jerks!
When are these guys going to come off their ideological high horses and work with the Democrats to put in place a FAIR tax policy and a realistic, sustainable spending plan? If the rich can't be taxed any more because they're using their trillions of dollars to create jobs, where are they? China? Vietnam? Indonesia? In fairness, the Democrats can't keep upping their social program expenditures either. They all need to be realistically reviewed.
Come on, Speaker Boner....er....Boehner. LEAD! (Oooo...new nickname: "Viagra John") So where does this leave us? Screwed. (Pun intended)
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Politics was once said to be the art of the possible. Compromise is what created this country, not that members of the Tea Party seem to know their history. In a negotiation something is wrong if one side comes away with everything at the expense of the other. Where are the moderate Republicans willing to reach across the aisle? Where the statesmen? Where the patriots willing to put the welfare of the country above personal ideology? Where are those who can disagree with our president without demonizing him?
ReplyDeleteI said it once before, they should make decisions for the GOOD of the country and stop blocking ideas because it's from their opponents! good grief! And then, when it IS blocked and could have worked, and it's too late, they of course will blame the others for not "doing their job"! idjits!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Scott. That is right on!
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