Foul Waterways and Propulsion Problems
By Clyde
Thursday, February 9, 2006
I would like to offer this little bit of advice to the Republican Party. If you want to present your Party as one of inclusion for the African American community, it does not do your cause much good when you demean the funeral of Coretta Scott King. To have a bunch of white bread OxyContin addicted Hitler Youth poster children carrying on about how horribly George Dubya was treated is not going to endear your political ideology to a group of people that have suffered the most from your pro-rich anti-poor policies. The fact of the matter is that any support that the Republican Party once had within the African American community was lost with Hurricane Katrina and the criminally inept response by the Bush administration. But civil rights is only one area that the Republican Party is lacking in.
Going into the 2006 elections KKKarl Rove has decided that the Party will once again play the terror card and run on national security rather than domestic policy. Why am I not surprised about this? It could be because they have nothing else to run on and what they fail to realize is that the terror issue cannot carry them to victory in November because there are far too many other problems that Joe Six-Pack has to deal with first. History has shown us that the off year elections usually revolve around issues that have a direct impact upon the daily lives of the electorate and foreign policy/national defense concerns are secondary in nature. And when one looks at the effect the policies of the last five years has had on the middle and lower class, it tells me that the Republicans in congress had better be very nervous about their own job security.While the Republicans are running around seeing Osama bin Laden behind every Bush (pun intended), middle America is more focused on how we are going to pay for the gas in our cars and how we will cope with heating our homes.
While the Republicans scurry hither and yon screaming about how we must fight the global war on terrorism, average Americans are screaming for affordable healthcare and rising inflation. While the Republicans are busying themselves with how they are going to make the tax cuts for the rich permanent, Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public are wondering how they can pay the college tuition for their kids. The fact of the matter is that the Republicans are finally reaping what they have sown and it could very well cost them at the ballot box.
However, let us not forget that the Republicans have an ace in the hole in the fact that they have Diebold in their pocket and it could turn the tide in their favor. But with the sentiment of the middle class, I have to wonder if even rigging the election would be a benefit to the right wing because of the backlash that would no doubt come from the left. Unlike 2004, the electorate is tired of the politics as usual mentality of the current Republican Party and the Democrat Party is becoming stronger everyday.
From the culture of corruption to the domestic spying program, the American people are getting fed up with the current regime. If I were a Republican politician seeking reelection, I would hedge my bet and come out strong against the Party leadership in an effort to put some distance between me and the shit creek that I am forced to float in.
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