Republicans Don't Get It Because They Don't Want To Get It

The Republicans and the rest of the country will pay come this Fall. If it's a close race, a Democrat will win. Every. Time. Why? Because the Republicans still don't get it.

Forget the social issues--abortion, gay marriage, embryonic stem cell research--they don't matter. Oh, they matter. Blah. Blah. People have strong opinions on them. People might change their votes between two similar candidates based on a social issue. But there is only one issue for which Republicans used to be defined: fiscal responsibility.

Low taxes. Low spending.

Those two things defined being a Republican. It was, it is, something all working people (besides the super, mega wealthy liberal elite) can agree on. It ties everyone together and makes for a solid, reliable voting block. But nooooo, the Republicans, when they take control of Congress and the White House spend like a million bloated Ted Kennedys. It makes me so angry I could spit and vote Obama for spite. I am not alone.

Over the past six years the Republican leadership, including the smug John McCain, ducked from fights and chose solutions like reaching across the aisle for "compromise". Compromise meant spending like a Democrat just not spending quite as much. Americans don't want two versions of Democrats when it comes to THEIR money. They want a choice. Well, for the past six years, Republicans and fiscally conservative Democrats have watched in helpless outrage as the Republicans treated the electorate the exact same way the Democrats treated them--with contempt.

These Congress people get wealthy while in office and blithely bankrupt the country. They have no problem spending your hard earned dough, a couple times over. And the Republicans did nothing to stop the madness. They encouraged it along. Did they think they will not pay a price for their gluttony at the public trough? They will pay one.

And come Fall, the country will pay because the irony is this: Americans figure, if they're going to get Democrat policy might as well elect Democrats and see if they can do it better. There will be even more spending and more taxes. Thanks Republicans!

Meanwhile, John McCain is talking about Global Warming in Oregon (where he has a snowball's chance in Hell). Are frigging kidding me?