RE-EMERGENCE OF THE CONFEDERACY !!!

John Boehner Ted Cruz

The Republican Party was hijacked by the South after Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into Law. Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan cap­i­tal­ized on the racial ani­mus of whites to win lat­er elec­tions. The Bushes were ben­e­fi­cia­ries of that ani­mus despite not over­ly play­ing to racial fears with the excep­tion of the elder Bush’s use of the Willie Horton Ad. The Ad por­trayed Michael Dukakis as a weak crim­i­nal-cod­dling Massachusetts lib­er­al on whose watch Willie Horton a con­vict­ed mur­der received a week­end fur­lough. Horton did not return but went to Maryland where he com­mit­ted mul­ti­ple rapes and assault before he was re-arrest­ed and con­vict­ed. Democratic Presidential can­di­date Michael Dukakis was the gov­er­nor of Massachusetts at the time of Horton’s release, and while he did not start the fur­lough pro­gram, he had sup­port­ed it as a method of crim­i­nal reha­bil­i­ta­tion. The Republican Party is now a reac­tionary , fundamentalist,Confederate Party. What we are wit­ness­ing is it’s com­ing apart at the seams because a black fam­i­ly is occu­py­ing the White House. They are not even pre­tend­ing to care about what they say or do anymore.

Racism has reduced the Republican par­ty to a spec­ta­cle wor­thy of ridicule. Obama-hatred has made them look bad even to some of their own. When ide­o­logues like Long Island’s Peter King begin to ques­tion the san­i­ty of Republican actions, you know the wag­on wheels have start­ed to come off. Don’t believe for one moment that the rel­e­vance of the Republican Party will wane any­time soon. They have mas­sive grass-roots Organizations gin­ning up even more hatred and lies about Blacks , Immigrants, Entitlements, Government, Science, the EPA, and every­thing else they hate. Their sup­port­ers are not exact­ly far removed from the flat earth soci­ety, recent polls revealed many Republicans believe the Affordable Care Act is bet­ter than Obama Care. Republican vot­ers who have no health Insurance, vote and demon­strate against the afford­able care act at the behest of their polit­i­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tives who them­selves have great health plans, paid for and pro­vid­ed by the Government. Many exco­ri­ate Government yet they live off Social Security and Medicare. Even as they hate Government , they do any­thing to get and stay elect­ed. I won­der who make up the Government?

One can arguably under­stand their hatred for the first black pres­i­dent and his fam­i­ly, they are low-lives. What is mind blow­ing is the reck­less care-free aban­don with which they treat the American work­ers . They cal­lous­ly shut the Government down send­ing tens of thou­sands of work­ers home on fur­lough glee­ful­ly pro­claim­ing that they are win­ning ! Winning that’s what it’s all about ?Never mind the con­se­quences of a Government shut­down to aver­age Americans and the harm being done to the econ­o­my ! They are quite hap­py to go out and cre­ate pho­to-ops and lie to ill-informed peo­ple that the pres­i­dent and sen­ate major­i­ty leader shut the Government down. Here’s a bit of advice to pro­gres­sives, stop say­ing John Boehner is to be pitied. John Boehner is a cow­ard, he is a poor leader who has cow­ered out of fear of Tea Party con­fed­er­ates, fear­ing the loss of his speak­er-ship , even as he takes actions which threat­ens his coun­try. Any man who puts his posi­tion over the good of his coun­try does not deserve respect or empa­thy. In my book John Boehner is a wimp and a damn coward.