The List: 101 Examples of Why Republicans Should Not Be Allowed to Regain Control of Congress
By Mugsy - Last updated: Friday, October 15, 2010
Pre-election Special Edition
Starting back in early August, and every week since then, I’ve concluded each Op/Ed with a list of examples of why Republicans should not be allowed to regain control of Congress this mid-term election.
Beside just being generally nuts, they have made it clear what they intend to do should that happen: go back to all the Bush-era policies that nearly brought this country to its knees less than two short years ago, launch endless, pointless investigations like they did against Bill Clinton to ensure nothing gets done, shut down the government (see list for numerous links), give enormous, budget-busting tax breaks to the richest 2% of Americans already awash in cash in some inexplicable belief that giving them still MORE money will convince them to create jobs for which there is no demand, and, of course, privatize Medicare & Social Security (also, see list for multiple links). Are you tired of the Wild West, free-wheeling and reckless financial practices of Wall Street? The Republican Party isn’t. And they’re hoping you won’t remember that’s how we got here. They want to privatize everything, then deregulate it till there’s no government oversight.
(A brief comment: Please notice that I back EVERY accusation up with a confirming link. My inbox receives a steady stream of junkmail chain letters from Right-wingers recanting political horror stories of “FEMA Death camps” or how “Democrats are out to destroy America”… all with one thing in common: NO LINKS to back them up. Easiest way to tell if that political chain-letter is crap or not is whether or not it contains any links to back up their accusations.)
The Tea Party, a fundamentalist wing of the Republican Party, differs from the GOP only in their level of fanatical extremism. The Tea Party is in lockstep with the GOP on every economic issue. Where they differ is on social issues… you know… questioning whether President Obama was even born in the United States or whether or not the minimum wage is Constitutional. One of the most amazing things about this extensive list of “Top 101 Reasons” is it only goes back six weeks to last August, and without padding from dozens of Wingnutty “Sharron Angle” and “Christine O’Donnell” quotes. The list doesn’t even go back as recently as Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-TX) apology to BP three months ago, upset that BP… and not the U.S. taxpayer… must pay to cleanup the oil spill in the Gulf.
This week, Barton echoed Party leaders Mitch McConnell and John Boehner that the GOP has been “short or specifics” on just how exactly they’ll fix all these problems they’re attacking Democrats for not fixing. They don’t have any answers (that you’d like). They’re just hoping you won’t ask them any questions before election day.more/complete list follows at link~
http://mugsysrapsheet.com/2010/10/15/the-list-101-examples-of-why-republicans-should-not-be-allowed-to-regain-control-of-congress/
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