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Grabbing congressional power away from Republicans in the 2006 elections, Democrats ran on their mantra and promise of “A New Direction For America.” Voters bought into it and Democrats seized control of both Houses of Government.
They have now held power for 16 months and America is witnessing the “New Direction” still unfolding before their very eyes.
No sooner did they seize power than they launched a plethora of investigations designed to undermine the President and abandon the Iraqi and Afghani people’s to whatever fate may befall them at the hands of radical extremists.
Funding bill after funding bill was introduced and rushed through, only to be vetoed by the President due to attaching unnecessary earmarks they wanted or legislating an abandonment of the people’s we are helping to fight off terrorist takeovers.
Unemployment was at 4.5% when Democrats swept into Congressional power. In the succeeding months it has grown to 5%. More homes are in foreclosure and the Stock Market has ceased the record closings we all enjoyed over the first 6 years of the Bush administration. As a result, home values are in a decline.
They said they would focus the national security strategy to the nation’s borders and increase port security. Instead, by the end of the year 2007, the Border Fence along our Southern Border, passed and funded in September 2006 was defunded, leaving our Southern Flank open to the onslaught of Illegal Immigrants, many non-Hispanics from countries harboring terrorists and hating America. Private entities have taken up building of some stretches of fence, but the border remains open.
When George Bush took office, gasoline in America cost about $1.70 a gallon. It cost in the vicinity of $2.45 as Democrats took control of Congress. That is a 75-cent increase over 5 years.
Since Democrats seized power, gas in America has climbed to $3.94 a gallon, or a $1.49 increase in barely over one year.
Part of the Democrats “New Direction” was to “Crack down on price gouging; eliminate billions in subsidies for oil and gas companies and use the savings to provide consumer relief and develop American alternatives, including biofuels; promote energy efficient technology.”
The “New Direction” has given us record high as prices and as they push bio-fuels, we face ever-increasing food costs and shortages as well. Their latest proposal to ease the burden on families, raise taxes and punish those who supply our fuel needs.
In spite of promises of reaching across the aisle and working with Republicans and Bush, Democrats launched into multiple investigations over every little thing they could. If the courts found a Democrat Politician guilty, they investigate it, accusing Republicans and Bush of “political prosecutions,” and expressing their desire to “get” anybody from the administration they can.
As America’s economy, long decried as failing, in spite of record earnings, lowest unemployment and record closings in the stock market, is finally faltering somewhat, the Democrats step up with yet another “New Direction” to “improve” our situation, “Raise Taxes,” guaranteed to hurt the economy further than they have already.
As most recall, in the 2000 election recount in Florida, in what has come to be referred to as a total fiasco, in spite of the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending the selective recounts, Bush won the state and the election, setting off years of Democrat cries of “count every vote.” Yet, for 2008 Democrats have decided primary votes from the states of Michigan and Florida will not be counted in nominating the Democrat candidate because those states had the audacity to vote earlier than the party said.
The party “rule” used to deny two states their voice in selecting their party nominee reminds one of the literacy tests arbitrarily used to deny American Blacks their right to vote for many years in the Southern States.
America, you decided a “New Direction” was needed and you received it. What you didn’t expect, and many tried to warn you, is that the “New Direction” isn’t new at all. The Bolsheviks advocated it early in the 20th century and eventually over threw the Czar of Russia, setting up what became known as the Soviet Union.
Will complacent Americans and spineless Republicans wake up in time?
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... and of course promising more free lunches to add to the trillion$$$ that is the so-called "economic crisis"
The Bush tax cuts raised revenues to near record levels, during wartime. Raising them back to prohibitive levels will only stifle growth, as we have seen since Democrats swept back into power.
What has Obama ever accomplished to give the public a record to stand on?
Someone pays for all those promises and when you stick it to the wealthy unfairly, who already pay over half of all taxes, jobs dry up and lower incomes suffer.
Democrats don’t get it, just as they didn’t get it on their ”Luxury Tax” of the early 90’s that businesses begged to be overturned, after many failed.
Every time taxes were cut to reasonable levels, revenues increased and spending increased in entitlements, which went against the reasons for cutting taxes.
If the Democrats were in charge of the United States of America, our troops would have been home from Iraq long time ago. That would have saved us billions of dollars and poor families would have had health insurance they need.
If the Democrats were in charge, we would have known what the energy companies wrote in the energy papers they gave Dick Cheney after which gas prices sky rocketed. The Democrats would have done something positive for long term energy security and short term relief.
If the Democrats were in control of the country as you implied, president Bush would not have needed to use his veto pen – a pen he didn’t use all the years his Republican friends were in charge of Congress.
If the Democrats were in control, republicans will not be losing once safe house seats all across the country.
If the Democrats were in charge, something will be done to reduce the deficit and not to keep increasing it. Something will be done about the national debt that republicans do not mind leaving for our children’s children.
The good news is that come November 2008, the Democrats will be in charge. And once again, they will clean up the mess your republican friends have made across America. So, hold your fire. You don’t have to wait much longer before you begin in earnest to take scores.
Until then, learn to accept responsibilities. I know it is a bitter pill, but hey, it is your man Bush who caused them. You can choose to forget but history will not forget. You can try to rewrite history but the version of history written in a hurry is all there to mock your attempt.
I just read this http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/opinion/16fri1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Did you see it? Did you ignore it? Can your revision of history compete with that?
No, I didn’t ignore your NYT Op Ed. Since it is in today’s paper, I hadn’t seen it yet. Still, what does it say other than the usual BDS talking points, which fall right in line with the Bolshevik comparison I made.
As for your comments, the Troops are not home, no. But are they funded? How do you prosecute a war funding Troops two months at a time?
Funny your Op Ed calls the Republican Congress ”lock-step,” but you imply Bush was in lock-step with them by not vetoing anything, something many of us complained about as well.
Did you forget or ignore the defunding of the Border Fence along our Southern Border?
Republicans are losing seat after seat, not because of Bush but because the Democrats are claiming their candidates are conservative, something the GOP seems to have abandoned and why many of us oppose McCain. Will they stay conservative? No bank on it!
Can you refute how the price of gas has skyrocketed since your buddies in the DNC took control? How consumer confidence has sharply dropped?
Should the Dems succeed in abandoning the Iraqi and Afghani people’s, will you hang your head as millions of them are slaughtered, as the Dems let happen in Southeast Asia, and elsewhere? When do the leftist accept that their misconduct during Viet Nam not only resulted in the senseless slaughter of millions of Southeast Asians, but added over 40,000 American names to the Wall?
Accept responsibility?
Perhaps your Op Ed writer and you needs to look up just what ”signing statements” really are. Every president uses them with little or no complaint until Bush used them.
Can you honewtly say America has gotten better under Pelosi et al’s ”New Direction?”
No sir, I am not the one revising history, just one of the ones trying to get truth out over Bolshevik style assaults.
