Republican Party Decline

The Republicans remind me of the Jethro Tull song "Living In The Past."
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In America the Republican Congressmen and Senators appear to still be living in the George Bush era. They have begun making it clear that they have no desire to make any real compromises in the interests of the American people.

The Republican leaders are still playing the same old games. They can’t seem to get out of that loser era. If anything is good for the middle and working classes they have a knee jerk reaction to oppose it. Any policies which are not geared towards the wealthy are rejected out of hand.

The manner in which the Republicans are behaving is probably rational from their own narrow self-interest standpoint. If one is only interested in remaining in power, and the concept of being a statesman who does things for the good of the country is laughable, then their behavior is completely appropriate. The vast majority of campaign contributions the Republicans receive come from the greed-driven wealthy classes. So they do not have much interest in doing anything simply for the good of the country or to help out people who are down on their luck.

George Bush was without any doubt the very worst president in modern times. Because he represented the real ideas of the Republican party they have been in serious decline. Continuing with the same old games which favor the super rich over the middle classes will only put more nails in the coffin of the Republicans.

Their ideas of trickle down economics have been thoroughly discredited. Many of these old geezers are completely set in their ways. They just can’t accept any new ideas or adjust to changing times. It is so revolting and sad to watch. I have gotten to the point where I sometimes simply press the mute button when these sad old dinosaurs come on the TV screen.
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