Ideology & Class Warfare

It is very amazing how Tea Bagger Republicans are calling President Barak Obama's Jobs Bill class warfare. If there is one thing Republicans know about, it is warfare. It is as though they lit the match, burned down the forest and the houses, in front of many witnesses, and claim that Democrats did it, while holding the burnt-out match stick, hoping people have short memories.

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Ideology is, simply put, marketing in the worst sense, especially when a movement (tea baggers) virtually highjack a party that was once a well respected party that helped people. There are very few traditional Republicans left, but they now have to follow Tea Bagger ideology that calls for limited and smaller government, yet they pass laws that are overreaching such as governing women's reproductive rights by mandating that women wait long periods of time for an abortion and mandating doctors to "inform" women to guilt them out of a decision they made freely. It is as though the Republican politicians themselves are practicing medicine and psychology without a licence. Oh wiat! They are! Instead of saving money, it will cost taxpayers three times more just to enforce a contradictory and redundant law. Where is the Tea Bagger outrage for this excessive spending!?

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A Republican ideology that continues to use fear and hate by trying to bust unions, strip voting rights, circumvent federal law, make laws against Sharia Law that does not exist in our country, go after so-called "sanctuary cities", protect big businesses and oil/energy companies and millionaires and billionaires tax cuts and loopholes while calling for an end to payroll tax breaks for hourly wage earners (also referred to as the middle-class), as well as repealing the new healthcare law in its entirety, ending social security, and currently protecting Wall Street bankers that have broken many financial laws and made a new generation of poor.

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Currently, Republican ideology is hell-bent to make sure President Obama is a one-term president by continuing to filibuster in the Senate and strike down any bills (even ones with their own ideas in it) that Democrats introduce in the House of Representatives. The word "compromise" is not in their listed Republican vocabulary as it implies "sharing" and "equally" as well as making concessions such as reinstating tax rates for the rich and large businesses. It is not raising taxes if you are reinstating tax rates as outlined in the Bush tax cuts policy set to expire in 2012.

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Class warfare, as many Republicans are now screaming, was really started long ago when Reagan fired unionized air traffic controllers during his presidency. We must remember that that was a different time, but the economy was beginning to fall apart, which led Reagan to raise taxes 11 times and increase the debt ceiling 17 times. Class warfare by Republicans now threaten to shut down the federal government just to ensure the president is a one-term president. Let's see, how did that work for "Mr. Moral Family-Born Again Evangelical Christian" Gingrich when he was Speaker of the House? Oh yeah! He was ousted before he could complete his first (and only) term as Speaker of the House! You're next, Boner (Boehner)!

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Republicans now have more presidential candidates than they can shake a stick at and they are still looking for the New Jersey Governor, Christie, to join they fray. The new Tea Bagger Republican darling "pretty boy" Perry continues to lose his luster and appeal to Republicans as more skeletons from his closet is exposed, short of mentioning his myriad affair with a male assistant and male cook at the Texas Governors' Mansion before it was damaged by fire.

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Republicans are becoming desperate to find that "right" candidate that now must appeal to Tea Bagger Republicans. It is amazing how some middle-class and working poor continue to support the Republican Party that does not represent their interest and continue to exploit their beliefs just to score political points. As Republicans continue to cut vital school programs and dismantle public colleges, it will not be long before they try to dismantle child labor laws. Think about it! It is their idea to do away with Pre-K and Kindergarten and eliminate the 12th grade, and increase the classroom size and reduce school hours. Next thing you know, your 12 y.o. son or daughter will be mining for coal or working in a dangerous unregulated occupation.