This type of petulant stubbornness, that whatever the Democrats propose is bad, evil, irresponsible, etc., is something that a 5 year old would do after having their sibling receive a candy bar instead of themselves. If you want to see just how absurd American politics have become, look no further than the recent election in the United Kingdom: the opposition party assumed control of the government, a new Prime Minister was elected, and the three main parties then proceeded to attempt to engage in an actual discourse about how to go about fixing the country's problems. As opposed to the United States, in which the minority party refuses to take part or suggest anything substantive toward a debate about how to lead the country, as well as having several "grass-roots" protests with racial overtone spring up, not to say anything of the negative influence of Fox News broadcasts, and the differences between the adult (the United Kingdom) and child (the United States) becomes quite clear.
The conservative wing in the country has become so warped and polarized that many critics, liberal and conservative alike, are questioning just what has gotten into them. You know the Right are way off their rocker when Glenn Beck (!) calls George W. Bush (!) a progressive.
It's also no coincidence that the amount of lies and slander thrown at President Obama is insanely high, much higher than the amount in 2004 against either John Kerry (a Democrat) or George W. Bush (a Republican). Since they have no facts, no substance, no credibility, and no authentic ideas supporting their criticism of Obama (and there are things you can criticize him for), conservatives have been forced to revert to the lowest level: that of a spurned 14 year old girl whose best friend gets the boy she secretly has a crush on.
The GOP is not content with simply making up lies about their political opponents. They want to have their cake and eat it, too. Blatant hypocrisy is so easy to spot with the Republican Party, it's almost not even worth pointing out all of the fallacies and contradictions of their statements. Almost.
Recently, President Obama has received criticism over his handling of the oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. How would a Republican president have handled it differently, though? Let's ask Sarah Palin:
Not a single Republican voted for health care reform. Republicans stayed away from voting for the economic stimulus, reigning in Wall Street, or reforming the banking system, and seem intent on filibustering almost every single piece of legislation proposed by the Democrats. If the Republicans refuse to participate in an adult discussion with the Democrats, and are casting absolutely no votes whatsoever towards meaningful reform that has the good of the American people in mind, and with no ideas of their own for how to fix America's problems, and their credibility hanging by a thread due to the influence of Fox News and the outrageously false ramblings of members of the Conservative Right and the Tea Party, the Republican Party is therefore not a part of the political landscape.
It's as if they are not there, and as such, they should be ignored. What they say has no truth or substance, and they refuse to positively contribute to any debate whatsoever. It's as if they are not there, and they should be ignored. With a majority (for the time being) in both the House and the Senate, the Democrats need to use this opportunity to pass meaningful legislation without the participation of the so-called Party of No. Failure to do so will simply give the Republicans an opportunity to emerge from the void that they are currently mired in, which is something the country cannot afford to do.
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