As it is it's solidified my contempt for the Republican Party. In my political lifetime they've never even attempted to pursue their party-planks. They get a whole lot of undeserved credit for the Assault Weapons Ban, which had a sunset clause... IOW, people congratulate them for doing nothing as if it were something. For most of G. W. Bush's term we had the Executive and the legislative, and tell me: how many times was overturning Roe v. Wade put out, even as a token gesture? Oh, right it wasn't, because it would be 'political' and "drive people from the party" (despite the general abortion-approval numbers getting pretty bad) When was the last time they seriously pushed for some responsibility with finances? Oh, right, Rand Paul... and then the party kinda told him "go sit in the corner while we play ball with the big boys."
And then they nominate Romney. Romney! Mr The-only-way-to-elect-me-is-if-everybody-hates-Obama-and-even-then-its-iffy is who they anoint?
My contempt was solidified the better part of 30 years ago.
Infanticide is a great point because it really shows how much the GOP holds its base in utter contempt. The GOP held both houses of congress, the presidency and made most of the appointments to the scotus and did absolutely nothing with that when it came to infanticide. I guess they were waiting for a 2/3 majority in the legislatures?
In any case, its a moot point. This political game of 3 card monte is rigged. Unless we change the ground rules or walk away from it, we lose.
My contempt was solidified the better part of 30 years ago.
Infanticide is a great point because it really shows how much the GOP holds its base in utter contempt. The GOP held both houses of congress, the presidency and made most of the appointments to the scotus and did absolutely nothing with that when it came to infanticide. I guess they were waiting for a 2/3 majority in the legislatures?
In any case, its a moot point. This political game of 3 card monte is rigged. Unless we change the ground rules or walk away from it, we lose.