It’s Audacious for Republicans to Complain

The McCain camp and Republicans are now spreading fear that Democrats in control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress is a danger to Americans because they will remain unchecked and shape policy as they see fit. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t that what the Republican Party had for the 6 years from January 2001 to January 2007?

Many also criticize Democrats for not doing anything during the 1 and ½ years they were in charge of the House and Senate (barely) failing to mention that the Veto power remained in a Republican President’s hands stymieing all Democrat efforts, not possessing a super majority to overturn veto’s or overcome the cloture rule in the Senate requiring 60 votes to avoid filibuster.
Isn’t it time for another party to have a chance at running government and getting things done on behalf of the people? Perhaps the Republican Party is subconsciously saying of Democrats what they know true of themselves – unchecked, corruption flourishes. Look at Tom Delay, Denny Hastert, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Scooter Libby (who fell on his sword at Cheney’s request), Randy “Duke” Cunningham, all of whom served at great sacrifice on behalf of the American people, leveraging their power to personally and financially flourish, making their sacrifice a scam.

Add to it out of control behavior of Bittars, Craig, Foley and Fossella and maybe it is time for a change, placing people in charge who will take the business of the American People seriously and not look at Congress as their own little playground, where they feel above the law and preoccupied with their own gravitas.

A Republican President and Republican Congress have put us in this current economic supply side mess, reversing the Glass-Steagall act led by anti-whiner Phil Gramm, tightening personal bankruptcy laws but overlooking usury of credit institutions, and creating a Medicare prescription drug plan after efforts to block purchases of drugs from overseas failed. This is ironic from a party that believes in the law of supply and demand, and underscores their preoccupation with business and the rich over the good of all Americans.

The Republicans are really afraid that it’s no longer their turn, and they can no longer line their pockets with measures and bills that are pro business, pro wealthy and anti American worker. They must learn to work and play well with others.

David DiBello


RESEARCH FOOTNOTES
cloture - The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the United States and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation.[1] Some provisions such as Regulation Q, which allowed the Federal Reserve to regulate interest rates in savings accounts, were repealed by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980. Provisions that prohibit a bank holding company from owning other financial companies were repealed on November 12, 1999, by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act