Oh, for the good old day when the Whigs
were in power. Or when Lincoln was here or Teddy Roosevelt was here
or Eisenhower was here. How did the Republicans come to be this bad?
Obstruction remains the Republicans'
main political strategy. And their control of the House and the use
of the filibuster in the Senate, enable them to cripple our governing
process.
Helping people see that our governmental dysfunction is a deliberate choice the Republicans are making is a good starting place, building as it does on the concerns of citizens -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- over the stalemate in Congress. But that's just one piece in a very big picture that Americans need to see.
" Income and wealth inequality are wider than at any time in living memory, yet Republicans are helping to widen that gap.
" The country is still devastated by the aftereffects of a financial collapse, yet Republicans are working to prevent the restoration of the kinds of regulations that kept our financial system stable for seventy years.
" 97 % of the top scientists in the climate field agree that climate disruption may pose the greatest challenge in human history, and we're already seeing costly consequences, yet Republicans have made it party dogma that the scientists are wrong and that nothing, or little, should be done.
" Getting Americans back to work should be our top economic priority, yet Republicans block programs to add jobs while insisting on austerity policies that have thrown additional hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work.
When today's Republicans are out of power, they try to prevent anything good from being done. But when they were in power, they gave us a presidency (2001-2009) that was perhaps the most damaging in our history:
" two wars of choice, one under false pretenses;
" officially sanctioned torture;
" more assaults on the Constitution and the rule of law than by any previous presidency
Helping people see that our governmental dysfunction is a deliberate choice the Republicans are making is a good starting place, building as it does on the concerns of citizens -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- over the stalemate in Congress. But that's just one piece in a very big picture that Americans need to see.
" Income and wealth inequality are wider than at any time in living memory, yet Republicans are helping to widen that gap.
" The country is still devastated by the aftereffects of a financial collapse, yet Republicans are working to prevent the restoration of the kinds of regulations that kept our financial system stable for seventy years.
" 97 % of the top scientists in the climate field agree that climate disruption may pose the greatest challenge in human history, and we're already seeing costly consequences, yet Republicans have made it party dogma that the scientists are wrong and that nothing, or little, should be done.
" Getting Americans back to work should be our top economic priority, yet Republicans block programs to add jobs while insisting on austerity policies that have thrown additional hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work.
When today's Republicans are out of power, they try to prevent anything good from being done. But when they were in power, they gave us a presidency (2001-2009) that was perhaps the most damaging in our history:
" two wars of choice, one under false pretenses;
" officially sanctioned torture;
" more assaults on the Constitution and the rule of law than by any previous presidency
" an economy in the worst shape
since the Great Depression;
" the inflaming of divisions among Americans;
" hostility toward America among citizens of nations that have historically been our friends.
" the inflaming of divisions among Americans;
" hostility toward America among citizens of nations that have historically been our friends.
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