Reaping and Sowing: The Republican Decline

[LTC]

I wonder how many of you understand what's actually happening with the Republican Party. You can bitch and complain all you want about the Democrats; the current incarnation of the Republican Party is largely history, and they will be the last ones aware of that reality.

Now, when I say the Republican Party is dead, please note that I am only talking about the party's current incarnation. They could very well come back at some point. But it will have to be as something different; the current version of the party is history. This political death was a long time coming, but it was inevitable, largely because the ideology they've adopted  demands it.

The political ideology (or "movement," as they laughingly call it) that has been labeled "conservative" for the last 30 years is actually anything but conservative, and it was built largely upon lies and deceit, and that is why it's going down, and going down hard. You're watching the end of one of the most shameful eras in our history, folks, and you should be saying, “Good Riddance.”

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The ideological head of the Republican Party is Rush Limbaugh. The only person who should think that's a good thing is the drug-addled gasbag himself, because he makes a lot of money duping his gullible listeners. Limbaugh is a documented liar, who is not above saying anything if he sees it as necessary to support "the cause." But his recent rise in the Republican ranks should worry anyone who wants the GOP to be taken seriously as a political party. Look; Limbaugh's popularity peaked about 15 years ago. If he's lucky, 14 million people listen to his show in a given week, and you only get that number when you add together all five days. It's likely that 90% of the people in this country have never heard his show, and I would suggest that at least half of all voters wouldn't know who he was when they saw him. He's a former (?) drug addict, who apparently doctor-shopped for prescriptions for oxycontin, or hillbilly heroin, and worked his off to get away with it, despite his repeated admonitions in the past that all drug addicts should rot in jail. (Limbaugh only escaped jail through the generous assistance of the ACLU, by the way; a group he spends a lot of time castigating for being "un-American.") He lives and works inside of a huge Florida estate, behind a gate, while claiming to speak as an "everyman" of sorts, as if "regular guys" go on regular junkets to the Dominican Republic armed with handfuls of Viagra. He's always been a "good soldier" of sorts, especially back in the days when he was telling anyone dumb enough to listen that the Clinton Administration was full of murderers and thieves. He followed that up, of course, by admonishing the same moronic "dittoheads" that the Bush Administration was NOT full of murderers and thieves. . He's been married three times as often as most of the people he calls "immoral," even as he claims evangelical Christians among his strongest supporters. Limbaugh is a coward and a proven racist, and most people who actually bother to listen to him think he's an asshole. Limbaugh as a leader is not a good sign; it's more like a sign of apocalypse for the Republican Party.

[Flummoxed Lummox]

What I find amazing is that the most ardent dittoheads (take OMG Bill Foster as an example) refuse to accept the reality that the demographics in our country have been changing for several years and it is NOT good for the GOP. This party is stuck in the 1950's when rich, white men controlled everything from Wall Street to Main Street. That is the "vision" (I use that word loosely) the GOP wants to recapture for the future. The party of affluent WHITE people wants a return to yesteryear.

Latinos are now the largest minority and their numbers are growing each year. Yet, all one hears from the gasbags like Limbaugh is to round up the illegals and send them back to Mexico. That bull /UTFootball/ is not politically smart. The GOP long ago abandoned the African-American community (90% vote Democrat). They apparently think abandoning another 10-12% of the population is no big deal. It's hard to win national elections when you basically give the Dems 15-20% of the vote before the campaigning begins. The Latinos voted for Bush in '00. Their switch to the Dems was a huge factor in electing Obama in '08.

Another example is their response to every foreign policy crisis ... use the military to invade and conquer. Forget diplomacy. Forget our allies. Forget the ramifications for our economy and our standing in the world community. Forget the unmitigated disasters of past foreign policy blunders. If Iran is a problem, let's nuke them!! "Let's kick some Arab " is the motto of every WHITE, chickenhawk GOPer who doesn't hesitate to send someone else's son or daughter into harm's way so they can feel superior to the rest of the world. The problem is that warfare has changed. We're not fighting WWII anymore. In fact, we're not fighting a nation. We're fighting a political and religious ideology. Traditional military strategy simply doesn't work when your enemy wears no uniform; lives in virtually every country on the planet; and has no central command. Yet the GOP still thinks spending billions of dollars we don't have and sending troops to replace whatever thug regime just happens to be latest "axis of evil" will work DESPITE the unmitigated disaster of that policy in Iraq ("the Iraqis will welcome us with open arms").

Finally there is the economy. The GOP still clings to the Ronald Reagan myth that "deficits don't matter" (unless a Democrat is in charge) and that tax cuts for the most wealthy actually increases revenues to the Federal Government. Despite the evidence that the gap between the most wealthy and the middle class continues to grow, and that most of the wealth in this country is controlled by less than 1% of the population, tax cuts is their answer to all economic problems. Again, the demographics don't support the GOP. There are only so many multimillionaires and billionaires out there. Most working people understand that giving tax breaks to the wealthy doesn't help them. Very few in the middle class prospered under the Bush administration. Yet, the GOP is still stuck in a mythical past where "tax cuts pay for themselves."

It is comical to read the daily rants of the dittoheads like OMG Bill Foster and Just Wingbag. They really think the teabaggers; birthers; and healthcare reform opponents represent the majority thinking, despite the sound thumping the GOP took in '06 and '08. I wonder how many more national election debacles it will take before reality sets in for these Limbaugh sheep?

[native]

FL, very good post and so very true, thanks for posting that.

[Flummoxed Lummox]

FL, very good post and so very true, thanks for posting that.

You're welcome.

Unfortunately, it's going to take a few more election defeats for reality to set in for the GOP.