The Republicans deserve to be punished
Writing by abuhatem on Thursday, 5 of June , 2008 at 7:38 am
I was watching CSPAN’s Washington Journal this morning and the guest was Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) a republican congressman from Texas.
Hensarling kept arguing that the democrats spend our money, that they have done a horrible job at “governing” since 2006, and that their draconian tax rates will destroy the country by lowering our standards of living and immorally pass the debt on to our grandchildren.
Republican caller after caller phoned into Washington Journal, and good for them, reminding the congressman that republicans spent our money just as bad if not worse than the democrats. What is fiscal conservatism if instead of raising taxes you put it on the credit card?
One republican called in and said he had voted with the party since 1968 but that if in a country of 300 million the best the republicans could do was liberal John McCain there was a problem. The republican caller noted that Bill Clinton was a fiscal conservative compared to the drunken sailor spending George W. Bush. Many callers voiced their support for Congressman Dr. Ron Paul and said that he was the only true conservative in the race.
The only reply from the congressman was that the democrats were worse, that they would spend our money and tax us worse, and that as bad as the republicans do they are better than the democrats? What?
As pollster Charlie Cook of the National Journal wrote last week, the country is in a punishing mood. Cook noted that very rarely does one party win two consecutive congressional landslides, and the presidency, but that this year anti-republicanism is so rampant that it defies all odds. I agree.
The republicans have failed us, they have proven they are the truly liberal and left-wing party. Whether on the war in Iraq, the biggest of big government programs, or their insane spending, they have proven they truly have no principles. On the war, the number of antiwar republicans can be counted on one hand (Congressmen Ron Paul, and Walter Jones, Senator Chuck Hagel, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, ex-republicans Pat Buchanan and Congressman Bob Bar). On spending and taxes the republicans never got rid of the estate (i.e. “death”) tax, and limit their discourse to empty talk on “earmarks,” while making government bigger at home and invading other countries abroad.
Yes, congressman. The GOP might not raise our taxes or spend our money as the democrats. But you know what? Who cares. We’re not getting taken for granted by anyone. We punished the democrats before. In 2004, when the pitiful John Kerry who was almost as bad if not worse than Bush and a pro-war hawk was nominated by the democrats we punished them. And now is the same for you. It doesn’t matter how bad the democrats will be, the fact is that you deserve to be punished… again. The National Journal rightly calls it “a punishing mood,” and it will simply be unjust if you are not punished for your sins. Maybe then you will learn from your mistakes and go back to the pro-peace limited government low taxes fiscally responsible pro-growth message that republicans used to have.
If the democrats take the congress and White House, which I hope they do, there will be some deep soul searching inside the republican party. And as Doug Wead, a former special assistant to former president George H.W. Bush, and the one who coined the phrase “compassionate conservative,” recently wrote - the GOP will realize that it should have listened to a man named Ron Paul.
Category: American Politics
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