Sunday, November 09, 2008

Can the Republicans Change?

By Robert Parry
November 9, 2008

Amid the global euphoria surrounding Barack Obama’s victory – and the hopeful talk about a new bipartisanship in Washington – the Democrats are forgetting a powerful truth: modern Republicans are tied inextricably to slash-and-burn politics.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The problem with Republicans in my mind, has been all though the years I have felt that they demand things to be their way or no way, to dominate, and to me it reminds one as being in a dictatorship.

Sun Nov 09, 06:00:00 PM 2008
HeyMissSuze said...

The Democrats will have to learn that the Republicans believe firmly in the old adage that "politics is war by other means" and start fighting back rather than rolling over.

One of the first things a new Congress must do is get rid of electronic voting and go back to paper ballots and hand counts. Nearly every other democracy in the world that has tried electronic voting has seen the danger in it and gone back to the old-fashioned methods. As the use of private (Republican-friendly) companies that count the votes, (secretly, has increased, more extreme Republicans have come into Congress and high office. I don't think this is a coincidence. We must remember that after the 'installment' of GWB by the Supreme Court, Florida discovered in a recount that Al Gore WOULD HAVE won the Florida electoral votes had the counting not been halted and circumvented. My guess is that in 2004, in Ohio, Kerry would have been the winner if Ken Blackwell not arranged otherwise. It also seems evident that several down-ticket races were rigged to favor the Republican candidates. The idea that the American people can't see through the hate/fear/lying tactics of the GOP may not actually be true. All the wedge issues and tricks make many of the races closer, but at the end of the day, the Republicans still have to STEAL the election. Unfortunately, the dirty tricks provide the necessary "cover stories" about WHY they won. It is estimated that an honest election would have given the Democrats MORE gains in 2006, and hacking will still keep the 2008 Dem seats below 60 in the Senate: the GOP will want to sabotage a Democratic agenda. It is my hope that Emmanuel was chosen to act as Obama's hatchet man, so that Obama himself can retain his reasonable and cool demeanor.

If the election fraud can be remedied, perhaps THEN the Republicans will have to compete for a majority vote based on their RELEVANCY in American politics, not their underhanded cleverness. Maybe then their extremism will abate.

Mon Nov 10, 02:30:00 AM 2008
HeyMissSuze said...

The Democrats will have to learn that the Republicans believe firmly in the old adage that "politics is war by other means" and start fighting back rather than rolling over.

One of the first things a new Congress must do is get rid of electronic voting and go back to paper ballots and hand counts. Nearly every other democracy in the world that has tried electronic voting has seen the danger in it and gone back to the old-fashioned methods. As the use of private (Republican-friendly) companies that count the votes, (secretly, has increased, more extreme Republicans have come into Congress and high office. I don't think this is a coincidence. We must remember that after the 'installment' of GWB by the Supreme Court, Florida discovered in a recount that Al Gore WOULD HAVE won the Florida electoral votes had the counting not been halted and circumvented. My guess is that in 2004, in Ohio, Kerry would have been the winner if Ken Blackwell not arranged otherwise. It also seems evident that several down-ticket races were rigged to favor the Republican candidates. The idea that the American people can't see through the hate/fear/lying tactics of the GOP may not actually be true. All the wedge issues and tricks make many of the races closer, but at the end of the day, the Republicans still have to STEAL the election. Unfortunately, the dirty tricks provide the necessary "cover stories" about WHY they won. It is estimated that an honest election would have given the Democrats MORE gains in 2006, and hacking will still keep the 2008 Dem seats below 60 in the Senate: the GOP will want to sabotage a Democratic agenda. It is my hope that Emmanuel was chosen to act as Obama's hatchet man, so that Obama himself can retain his reasonable and cool demeanor.

If the election fraud can be remedied, perhaps THEN the Republicans will have to compete for a majority vote based on their RELEVANCY in American politics, not their underhanded cleverness. Maybe then their extremism will abate.

Mon Nov 10, 02:30:00 AM 2008

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