Of course, everyone knows that Republicans took back control of the Senate last night and held on to the House and everyone is in a great mood. But, I’d remind Republicans that they really didn’t do anything to win – the elections were theirs to lose and, for once, they didn’t make any big mistakes which would scare voters away. Most of the Republicans’ Joe Bidens kept their mouths shut and they all kept their feet close together in the bathroom stalls.<\/p>\n
Votes were cast against a completely incompetent White House, voters weren’t supporting some over-arching ideal that the Republicans supported – they were voting against a return to Iraq, an intrusive IRS, another round of gun-grabs, mistreatment of veterans, a huge and expanding debt, yet another illegal immigrant crisis on the border, sending troops to Africa to stomp out Ebola weeks after it became an epidemic. <\/p>\n
A Republican in New York, Michael Grimm, won reelection even though he’s facing a 20-count federal indictment. So, really, how hard is it to win an election for Republicans in this environment?<\/p>\n
My point is this; Republicans have a history of acting like Democrats when they get in the majority and they fritter away their opportunity to distinguish themselves from Democrats. That’s how they lost Congress in 2006 – Republican voters left them.<\/p>\n
I was push-polled the other day by a Democrat candidate on the phone. They made their candidate sound like he would bring me my own Skittle-shitting unicorn, but I told them that the specter of a Nancy Pelosi-run House would keep me from voting for a Democrat, no matter how wonderful their candidate sounded. However, a John Boehner-run House is nearly as terrifying to me. Boehner would enact liberal legislation just so no one calls him names at the Huffington Post or on MSNBC or just to piss off the Tea Party.<\/p>\n
No one is asking me, but if the Republicans want to get me back, they need to slash spending where it needs to be slashed – start with your own salaries and staff expenditures. Show America that you’re willing to make sacrifices that Congress has been so good at making everyone else suffer. Stop that sequester thing that is hamstringing our national defense and make the tough decisions on budget cuts across the government – be brave for once and stop hiding.<\/p>\n
Govern like you don’t need votes – lead instead of following the polls. Do what is right for the entire country, instead of pandering to a constituency. <\/p>\n
Yeah, I know, I’m pissing into the wind and Republicans will drive away conservatives in the next two years and we’ll get another dipshit push-poll president in the White House in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"