The New New Republicans

The republican politicians, strategist, and media pundits really have a low opinion of their supporters common sense, intellect, and ability to grasp the reality of what their eyes see, and what their ears hear. The republicans believe that their supporters are so brainwashed that they will support them no matter the reality. If republicans tell their repubbots followers to follow us, supporters fall in single file and wait for the comet.

The republican nominees for the presidency and vice presidency McCain and Palin, or Calin McPal. The couple now says they are the past to the repasted future. They say they are the original mavericks, they are going to Gallup in to D.C and change government. They are the reformers the nation has been waiting for. Yep, the new future to the old past. McCain and cohorts think their supporters are so dumb, and so big "R" republican that they will follow them to he gates of hell, and throw themselves into the lake of fire.

The republicans now say they are going to get rid of deregulations, they are going to be the regulators on companies that they (republicans) let run amok under the GOP's leadership. The new republicans are going stop the very earmarks that their congress people now request, they are going to do oversight. They are going to now look out for the good of common people. Sure the are, I'm sure they will give them a thumbs up as their supporters security gets much less secure.

The republicans and John McCain now care about sexism. Can you believe it, the republicans who have voted against every bill in congress that supported women. Equal pay, equal health care, both in research and treatment. Child care, On and on, Yet now the are the caretakers of anti sexism in our country. Fact is, every single thing that the right sees as helpful to we the people, they are against, class warfare the yell.

Every election cycle the dumb people who follow the right fall for this crap. These people get banged up, beat down and dogged out. Yet, time after time they vote republican because these candidates are like them. "you identify with me", so please make my life and my family lives more of a hardship than you did four years ago. "It's ok if my kids can't get their teeth fix, cause the republican POTUS vetoes the new chips program. They hunt and skin their kill, just like me. The republican politicians and voters that vote in office, the extreme dysfunctional family.

Democrats In Charge, A Mixed Bag

With congress's job approval poll number so low, and the Democrats now in power with only 8 months holding the majority. It's just common sense to ask what has the Democratic Congress accomplished? Well, after 6 years of the Bush White House having free reign, with no one to answer to while the Republicans were in charge. We are finally seeing some oversight. Now there's some light being shed on some shady dealings of the Bush administration.

Passing the 9/11 commission recommendations. Passing the first minimum wage raise in 10 years. Passing legislation for stem cell research. Revamping pell grants so low income students can compete. Getting the interest rates for student loans lowered in half. So that students won't be saddled with high interest loans long after completing college. Earmark reform, which requires house members to publicly acknowledge specials projects they are seeking. Pay-as-you-go budgeting, which requires spending increases to be offset with revenue enhancements or budget cuts. Clean air act which repeals tax cuts for big oil companies and, to create a pool fund for renewable energy initiatives. Permit medicare to negotiate with drug companies to potentially lower prices to program participants. Ethics and lobbying reform. These are some of the bills the Democrats in the house have to passed. Of course President vetoed stem cell research.

And there are things the Democrats have not done. The have not gotten a timeline for getting the troops out of Iraq. They have not reeled the President on domestic wiretapping. They can't seem to get truth on firings of the 8 U.S. attorneys. Congress can't seem to get together on immigration. And they won't impeach Bush.

The public is down on the Democratic Congress. Maybe congress had better start paying closer attention to their true employers. The citizens of the United States. But maybe the public should be more accommodating also. After all the Democrats don't have a veto proof majority, and hardly any help from the Republicans in Congress. The Democrats must stop beimg afraid to stand up to Bush. If they would call Bush's bluff, and take him on they would see he's not such tough guy. After all he walked away from the chance he had to fight, he skipped Viet Nam.