"deviators from
Republicanism were characterized as "oddball" individuals whose political
behavior was non-conformist within GOP traditions and objectives"
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I'm the RABble!
REPUBLICAN AGAINST BUSH!
Posted June 24, 2004 thepeoplesvoice.org
By: Ted Lang
I cannot tolerate blatant stupidity or reactive outrage shielding desired
ignorance by those wishing to remain so. They display extreme anger when
anyone tries to enlighten them, thereby transforming mere ignorance to
irreversible stupidity. Such individuals wish to remain so because they are
desperately clinging to that which might have been but is no more.
The Republican Party is dead! It no longer exists! When the term "RINO"
was devised to denigrate Republicans-in-name-only, deviators from
Republicanism were characterized as "oddball" individuals whose political
behavior was non-conformist within GOP traditions and objectives.
Generally, those traditions and objectives can be summed up by this
statement: The Republican Party strives to achieve, through political
competition for the electorate's support, small government, low taxes, a
growing capitalistic business base, a conservative and strict interpretation
of the Constitution, a non-interventionist posture in the affairs of other
sovereign states, the latter justifying heavy investment in defense of our
nation necessitated by the increasing technological capabilities of
potential enemy states. Whew! I managed to get that all down in one
statement!
See how easy that was? No elaborate legalistics or attorneyisms here - just
a plain, simple straightforward pronouncement that says it all. Supposedly
in contrast, the Democratic Party was always the "party of the little guy,"
meaning the worker, laborer and mainstream middle-class American. It was
based upon a fear of an increasing control by what is their vision of
out-of-control "robber baron" capitalistic profiteers with the Charles
Dickens dread of the resultant domination by a cold-hearted plutocracy.
Democrats have long supported unions over business interests, while
Republicans were motivated in just the opposite approach. But both parties
always had at the heart of their organizations that which was in the best
interests of America and the American people; it is precisely this theme
that is missing in both parties today. It is precisely this
double-dimensioned vacuum within a vacuum that voters are now sensing.
There certainly isn't "a dime's worth of difference between the two parties"
today, and there isn't' a dime's worth of difference between Bush and Kerry.
In addition to Bush and Kerry having exactly the same platforms, neither is
addressing the real issues. And sadly, most of the issues that could be
addressed were created by George Bush: i.e. the unnecessary war in Iraq,
which is worsening by the day; the burgeoning deficit created by that
unnecessary war; the obvious takeover of our Pentagon by Israel and the
resultant foreign policy based upon Israeli interests only; the growing
educational crisis in the country due to the mismanagement by the Department
of Education via its control by the teachers union; government contract
award irregularities and regulatory violations; the progressive and
continuing destruction of our human rights as individuals [the sole purpose
for the existence of this nation and its government] by the Bush
regime-created USA Patriot Acts I and II.; etc.
Of course, there are issues not created by the Bush regime: GATT/NAFTA
destruction of our jobs and their outsourcing; our seemingly unstoppable
rendezvous with the Rothschild Banking Cartel's vision of a New World Order
government as envisioned also by Hitler, Stalin, Clinton and now Bush;
ever-increasing government laws and regulations choking the life and
vitality out of individual freedoms; increasing police brutality, violence
and out-of-control murder across the nation; increasing confiscations of
private property by all levels of government across America; the increasing
prison population of convicts that haven't harmed anyone; the increasing
penalties for simple mistakes or improperly filling out government forms,
just to mention a few.
How do Bush, Kerry, Democrats and Republicans address ANY of these real
issues? How? How about not at all! Neither candidate nor party
distinguishes himself or itself in addressing things that are really
important to real Americans. We have two flavors of only one political
party, and two different personalities in one political candidate. How will
voting solve any and all of the real issues when our political system offers
US no real choice and continually sidesteps the issues that matter? This is
why voting is pointless!
I feel that this would be the crucial election where a third party could
really make a difference, but the closest challenger parties have selected
"no-names" no one knows and no one will care to know. At this point, I plan
to stay home on Election Day. But if I hear more Patriot Acts coming, or
more Bush gun control, I'll vote for Kerry for sure, and act out my reactive outrage by becoming a Republican Against Bush!
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© THEODORE E. LANG 6/19/04 All rights reserved.
Ted Lang is a political analyst and a freelance writer.
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