Republicans - Playing the Politics of No

As I watched the last election play out, it was clear that Republican Party had badly misplayed their electoral strategy by naming a worn out war hero with no ideas like John McCain as the most qualified candidate to lead their party, and then selecting Sarah Palin as their Vice-Presidential torch-bearer. What a combo! That brilliant strategy led to a huge defeat in the presidential and Congressional elections.

And over the eight years of the Bush administration, many of the same Republican members who helped plunder the wealth of this nation to fund the Iraq War, Halliburton, Blackwater and other failed misadventures, have put us at the brink of a towering financial crisis.

So with those golden qualifications, we have John McCain, Lindsay Graham and other geniuses of the conservative Right, imploring us to follow THEIR lead in fixing the economy. Why follow them? Why follow the idiots who got us into this mess? Why even give them air time? For what...tax breaks? Didn't the American electorate vote against that approach? Are they suddenly now qualified to enlighten us to new solutions that work? No. These guys are shoveling the same crap they were shoveling the past eight years.

The 2008 election was all about cleaning house and putting new leadership in charge of the White House and Congress, putting new ideas in play, and trying new approaches for solving the myriad problems affecting this nation and our citizens -- most of those problems created by the Bush administration.

Now take note of the Republican approach to governance in the post election period: It is the "Politics of No." No true engagement. No sincere participation. No selfless interest in solving problems. Instead, it is all about them. All about the Republicans - their brand, their image, their voice. Etc.

The Republicans are focused on winning the 2010 mid-term congressional elections, and if that entails driving us over the cliff into despair, so be it. All they care about is gaining power so they can force us back into Bush economics and a Christian Right agenda.

Sorry, folks. That will not happen. And I will blog my brains out to argue against these Republican lame brains.

In fact, the Republicans have decided to band together as "The Party of No" and essentially do everything possible to stand in the way of passage of the Obama Stimulus Package.

Let it be known that Republicans in Congress are playing a high-risk game with America's future. And Americans are taking names and noting who had the courage to work together towards consensus and who decided to simply play the politics of No.