Over at Outside The Beltway, Leopold Stotch has some harsh words to say about the GOP
Democrats are socialists.
Republicans, on the other hand, are simply liars.Republicans lie to Americans daily by proclaiming that they are an alternative to Democratic socialism. They purport to believe in law and order (like securing our borders), smaller government (they?ll ensure fiscal responsibility and cut federal spending), and they promise to behave morally (and they’ll hire porn squads to spy on you while pretending to believe in privacy). Basically, the Republican party is one founded upon three absolute lies.
The performance of the Bush Administration since 2001, and of the GOP majority in Congress since 1995, certainly seems to support this conclusion. The “Contract With America” was abandoned before the ink was dry and Newt Gingrich and company spent more time making deals with the Clinton Administration than they did actively reducing the size and scope of government. And when it comes to reigning in government spending, George W. Bush has governed more like Lyndon Baines Johnson than Ronald Wilson Reagan. In the meantime, the GOP still proclaims itself the party of small government. What a lie.
The only logical conclusion here is that Republicans, once in power or with access to power, are much less conservative than they are self-interested politicians (read: pieces of garbage just like Democrats). What Republicans seek to ?conserve? is their power and privilege over the little people — i.e. you and me. It all comes back to a calculation of ?my big government is better than your big government, but if the other party is in charge then make sure to cut me in on the booty.? The whole project of a federal government is a gigantic scam. The Federalist Papers warned us against such folly, but it seems that we were unable to avoid betraying the founding fathers as well as ourselves.So while the members of the two-party, DC duopoly in our nation?s capital go to cocktail parties and mock the silly ?little people? (you know, us), Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are spinning in their graves.
Cynical ? Perhaps, but it also happens to be 100% accurate.
Read the whole thing.
