{"id":20582,"date":"2010-09-24T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20582"},"modified":"2010-09-24T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T16:44:27","slug":"why-i-want-republicans-in-the-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20582","title":{"rendered":"Why I want Republicans in the Minority"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, since my earlier post got everyone’s attention, I might as well piss off anyone I missed.<\/p>\n

So the House Republicans have come out with their “Pledge to America.” I believe exactly as Erick Erickson of Red State who said that it was Perhaps the Most Ridiculous Thing to Come Out of Washington Since George McClellan<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The entirety of this Promise is laughable. Why? It is an illusion that fixates on stuff the GOP already should be doing while not daring to touch on stuff that will have any meaningful longterm effects on the size and scope of the federal government.<\/p>\n

This document proves the GOP is more focused on the acquisition of power than the advocacy of long term sound public policy. All the good stuff in it is stuff we expect them to do. What is not in it is more than a little telling that the House GOP has not learned much of anything from 2006.<\/p>\n

I will vote Republican in November of 2010. But I will not carry their stagnant water.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is semi-ironic is while I agree with him on all this, he is voting GOP, against the guy I praised earlier, Jim Marshall, in whose district Erickson lives.<\/p>\n

If the GOP takes over again, and acts like they did last time, the GOP will likely go extinct as a viable option. I’m accused off all kinds of things in the comment section of my other post, and some of it is understandable, but if the GOP takes over, and doesn’t make SIGNIFICANT changes, we are through. Now, how much can the GOP do with a President Obama? Virtually nothing. <\/p>\n

So, let me address a few comments. From Matt:<\/p>\n

The only problem with voting for Democrats is Pelosi, Rangel, Conyers, Franks, Waters, Miller, the pipsqueak from Cinci, et al. Voting for a demorat put these clowns in power. The liberals out number the conservatives in the party. They control the agenda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes they do, and they are impotent provided that the GOP stands tall, and the blue dogs come on over for anything asinine.<\/p>\n

In the House particularly, it is a numbers game. So what if Marshall\u2019s personal platform is conservative? His votes for the the Democrat leadership ensures left wing policy outcomes. Even if he votes contrary to that leadership, he allows them to set the terms of each vote. <\/p>\n

I figured Stupak\u2019s example from the health care debate would\u2019ve put this issue to rest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not sure how this is even remotely true. If there are 218 Democrats, and Marshall sides with the GOP on a vote, that vote fails. What happened on the Stupak thing is he caved. Had the House been closer, say 220-215, then Obamacare would have failed. Now, because it did pass, the GOP looks great right now. So, what happens when the GOP is in the majority, and can’t pass anything, because Obama vetoes it all. Who is the bogeyman now? It’s not the Dems. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve grown pretty weary of this \u2018pox on both their houses\u2019 style of analysis. Your preference doesn\u2019t just prevent the GOP from going stupid, it also allows the Democrats to go full retard, precisely due to the early critical support of the few \u2019sane dems\u2019 in the caucus. You\u2019d be just as responsible for the excesses of another Pelosi\/Reid congress as a Democrat who enthusiastically voted for their Democratic congressional candidate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Um. Wow. How the fug can they go “full retard” if they don’t have the votes? Explain to me how that happens? Based on your logic though, when the GOP wins, and they pass a appropriations bill with a ton of pork for George Miller in California (R), just like they do every other year, you sir are fully and totally reponsible for it.<\/p>\n

Screw that. I don’t trust that the GOP has learned anything. The budget ballooned under Bush and a GOP Congress. It has gone up even more since then, true. My ideal situation, a GOP minority with enough blue dogs to block anything and everything. I’d rather have a GOP majority that is smart enough to handle the reins, but I have never seen such a thing.<\/p>\n

If someone is going to take the blame, I want it to be them, not us. Because do you really want Sue Collins deciding what bills get passed, or a Conservative Dem like Marshall? Obviously we differ on that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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