Get Off Our Ass

Yes, I know… to some people its sacrilege to criticize Republicans, but not to this people.

My greatest fear, after seeing President Obama trash the union, is seeing millions making the leap from Democrats are BAD to Republicans are GOOD. I know, I know… many people grew tired of Clinton and his healthcare reform in the early 90’s, and that ushered in the Republican revolution of 94’…

… and that got us where?

In 2002 Republicans got the hat trick; White House, House of Representin’ and Senate.

… and that got us where? (Okay, we did get the Dept. of Homeland Security… thanks)

Republicans had control and we didn’t fix Social Security, expanded Medicare, ran up the budget from $1.9 TRILLION to $3.2 TRILLION (and that was before the bailouts for Freddie/Fannie, TARP, Stimulus, GM, Chrysler, AIG and the TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS of dollars the Fed has written but which we can never see, but we are on the hook for)

Now, the Democrats are in control… and they’re not going to fix Social Security, probably going to expand healthcare and/or Medicare and they’re going to ramp up the budget to God only knows and continue the policy of bailing out the GM’s, the AIG’s and the Fed will continue write TRILLIONS of dollars worth of checks (your money) to rich and powerful people who are already millionaire/billionaires.

Remember, again, it was a Republican administration that gave us the Dept. of Homeland Security, and let’s not forget one of my favorites; The Transportation Safety Administration.

So, my point?? (Yes I have one.) Please, America, I beg you; Do not assume that just because the Democrats are bad (which I personally think they are), that Republicans are good (which I do not believe they are).

Now, we will all see a lot of name calling. We will see a lot of people stirring the pot… and the media will be right there in the middle of it… fermenting anger of both sides of the political divide.

THAT… I want to be perfectly clear… is NOT MY GOAL.

So you have the country getting angrier and angrier at other Americans to the point where one liberal protester just bit off the finger of another protester because they disagreed on the healthcare debate. WTF. And all the while both parties seem to be taking us to the same place.

And it doesn’t seem like it’s a place that any of us really want to go to if it weren’t for the fact that we’re all so damned pissed off at each other.

Then… you have someone who is supposed to be a prominent Republican running around the country with Al Sharpton… a man who epitomizes the kind of pot stirring political hack that I’m talking about. Al Sharpton is a man who has made a fortune stirring hatred and resentment between black people and white people for decades and who is better off for it??

Al Sharpton.

So what does it tell you when Newt Gingrich tools around the country with someone who has made his fortune, not helping a damn soul, but stirring the pot of hatred, making more money and expanding his own power base by making sure that more and more people are poor, needy and pissed off?

It tells me that the political class of this country doesn’t care about party affiliation. They only care about their own power and behind closed doors… they love to see you pissed off at other Americans…

… because that means that you’re less likely to be pissed off at them.