When Will Democrats Stop Running From the Truth?

For some reason, it seems like President Obama and the Democrats have largely ignored the role the congressional Republicans have played in sabotaging his agenda and the American people along with it. They decided the day he was inaugurated to deny him ANY legislative victories that might enable him to have an easier road to re-election. I think we should be talking about it.

I’m sure the president of the United Statets does not want to appear to be weak or a whiner. Nevertheless, just as the house Republicans held the nation’s credit rating hostage during the debt ceiling fiasco, they have held the entire nation hostage for nearly two years. When they criticize the president for his failed policies, people should know that it is the Republican house whose policies of austerity we have followed.

Damaging the presidency is equivalent to damaging the entire country and its citizens. I am not talking about legitimate differences of opinion on specific policy matters here. House Republicans have consistenly voted against (or failed to even allow a vote) on policies they have previously held dear.

Destroying the president, and hurting the entire country along with him is certainly NOT PATRIOTIC! Intentionally weakening the nation is closer to treason.

A Word from the Author

In a way, I really admire Republicans. It NEVER ceases to amaze me how they manage year after year to get SO MANY Americans to vote against their own self-interests again and again. They are brilliant, though cynical. I am afraid they are on the verge of doing irreparable harm. In the name of patriotism, they want to dismantle our government. They have taken Ronald Reagan's words as gospel, believing that government is the casue of all of our problems and that can remedy none of them. They have politicized nearly every aspect of government, orchestrated assaults on the separation of church and state, science, attorneys, the courts, higher education and even the Constitution itself. We have allowed ourselves to fall victim to the propaganda that led to war in Iraq without a critical analysis of arguments in support of the decision. Global warming appears real and is worsening while we fail to act. Our economy is in shambles. The housing crisis deepens. Our currency has lost substantially in value, and our manufacturing base is a remnant of what is was only a decade ago, with our jobs leaving for foreign lands, while big business sits on billions of dollars and giant corporations in banking, oil and energy remain largely under-regulated. We seem to have surrendered our future to a political discourse that descends to the lowest common denominator, usually influenced by fear, personal attack and destruction, rather than dispassionate consideration of the merits. If we are going to thrive once again, something has got to change. Here is my small contribution to that end. I will try to respond to what I read in the news, but I am NOT a scholar. I leave it to others to fact check, follow up and support my points, but I refuse to continue to sit quietly while our demacracy is subverted and turned to the support of wealthy, powerful and cynical interests.