REPUBLICANS - THE PARTY WITHOUT A COUNTRY!

In case you haven't heard, the Republican Party has gone the way of the Edsel.

When you get to the point of having the RNC Chairman [Michael Steel] trying to hold on to his turf from the likes of a fat radio personality pig [Rush Lintbag] only to apologize to him for daring to stand up to him, well it's time to write the obituary for the GOP.

Rush wants to see Obama fail. Rush wants to see everything fail, including the Republican party. He will get his wish. Rush personifies everything afflicting the conservative movement and the process of self-cannibalization has just begun.

We have a major realignment taking place in this country and because of the dire straits we find ourselves in - economically - the time is ripe for a complete upheaval of the conservative movement and the corporate status quo as we have come to know it in our lifetime.

How low can the Dow go - pretty low, apparently. How big can the implosions be among the corporate elites - apparently humongous. Even such a premiere company like GE is reputedly on the verge of being the next AIG fatality.

Capitalism has proven itself to be incapable of sustaining itself by subscribing exclusively to the profit motive. It has too many inherent contradictions that will prevent it from escaping the punishing effects of what is going on today.

So what does this bode for the future. Quite simply: a mixed economy, equal parts public sector spending and private/individual consumer spending. The 2/3 consumer - 1/3 government spending model of the past will not hold up any longer. Our world is simply way too complicated and interconnected to continue any longer with a consumer-driven economy. It must be an equal partnership between the public sector and the private sector.

Which leads the discussion back to where this post began, the death of the Republican Party. If there is any one guiding principle espoused by that party it is the notion of free enterprise - or the free market. This concept has morphed unalterably and the mixed economy model is here to stay. The Republican party - as we know it - will fade away and be replaced in time by another competing voice.

When your philosophy gets shoved down your throat you don't have a leg to stand on. That is where the GOP find themselves today and there is nothing that can revive that party. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Rush can bray all he wants but he only drives home the point of Republican/conservative obsolescence ever so emphatically. But then this should not be all that surprising for the Republican party has never really been about governing at all but rather the accumulation and exercise of raw, naked power for the monied class.

The money changers have been toppled and with it their mouthpiece - Republicanism.

BONEHEAD AWARD OF THE WEEK GOES TO - WHO ELSE - REPUG HOUSE MINORITY LEADER - JOHN BOEHNER OF OHIO - [MY HOME STATE -EEEE-GAWWWDS!]

Is Boehner [aka "Boner" - a Putz or What?]


The eldest of 11 kids - from a big Catholic family back in Ohio, his old man was a tavern owner. Believe he hails from Troy, Ohio - [you know the folks that make those industrial-strength commercial dishwashers - Hobart]. Boehner and those dishwashers have one thing in common - they both operate perfectly under hot air conditions. Only Boehner can generate a lot more "blather."

The video clearly shows the disarray the Repugnants find themselves in these days. They're reduced to throwing stacks of paper on the floor of the House of Representatives. Talk about a hissy-fit. These guys are not your father's Repugnant Party.

Barry Goldwater should reach down from the heavens and strike these A___Wipes with a couple of bolts of lightning.



Pete/Marin

SHOULD WE STIMULATE - OR JUST PLAIN TRIANGULATE?

I will keep this post brief after my last one ran longer than usual - [BUSH IN THE DOCK - INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL].

Should we stimulate this economy now? Most democrats say a resounding yes. Should we quibble over the details, most democrats again probably look at the broad outlines and say just ram this puppy through.



[LINK TO OBAMA'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS SPEECH TODAY] ---- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/05/obama-time-for-action-is_n_164317.html


What should we do if we can't even get 2 or 3 moderate Repugnants to join the 58/59 Dems in the Senate and ram this thing through? A Jihad on the Repugnants? Have a mass food fight? Revoke their Costco privileges?

If Nancy Pelosi is right, without this economic stimulus package we're looking at the prospect of losing 500 million jobs (that's right - in her own words from yesterday). Now folks, that's a lot of jobs. I personally believe the figure is closer to 5 million jobs which is still an enormous figure.

In all honesty, I think it's time for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to go after the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, and just plain duke it out on the Senate floor. Last man standing wins.

I give a slight edge to Reid as I think he is a bit more shifty and dodgy than McConnell although McConnell may have a better backbone and upper bite.

As Judy Collins sang, "....send in the clowns ....."

In closing, there are about 8 Democratic senators who could turn out to be problematic. If anyone is so inclined you might give them a call tomorrow (assuming they don't vote on the economic stimulus package tonight - Thursday, February 5th).

The problem democrats are:


1. Ben Nelson, Nebraska (202) 224-6551

2. Kent Conrad, North Dakota (202) 224-2043

3. Kay Hagan, North Carolina (202) 224-6342

4. Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (202) 224-5653

5. Mary Landrieu, Lousisna (202) 224-5824

6. Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas (202) 224-4843

7. Bill Nelson, Florida (202) 224-5274

8. Mark Pryor, Arkansas (202) 224-2353



Of the above names the worst offenders by far are: Mark Pryor/Arkansas and Ben Nelson/Nebraska.


Take your pick/picks.


Rock-On!



Pete/Marin
[Rock-The-Boat & Get Out The Vote]