Political Rant

It's so great being a registered Independent. I get to praise and condemn both parties based on how I truly feel, not because I need to tow a party line. So many people get caught up in BEING Republican or BEING Democrat, they stop thinking and become defensive when it is clear there is something wrong with their party's ways.

Which brings me to the issue I have with Republicans right now. Are they NUTS? From things I've heard come out of the CPAC convention, it doesn't seem like they've learned anything at all from losing last November. Bear with me, cause I realize I'm generalizing here. I'm speaking mainly to the partisan sore losers who can't seem to realize the country voted against them because they want a new way of doing things. Will Obama deliver that? We have yet to see. But the man has only been in office a little over a month.

In that time, with the exception of three congressmen and some governors, most Republicans have adapted a 'screw you' stance on whatever the President tries to do. Seems to me, if the President compromises on his OWN bills and reaches out to include Republicans in the process when he doesn't have to, the least Republicans can do is meet him half way. Bush never gave anything to the Dems. Bush's policy was, 'my way or the highway.' If you disagreed with him he sent his attack dog, Rove, to crush you. That way of doing things led to Republicans being ousted left and right last year, but they haven't learned, apparently.

People are TIRED of Bush policy. People want consensus and bi-partisanship. They want the leaders they elected to put aside political bickering and sniping and to get serious about working on the problems we have today. And we have a lot of them. So it galls me when I hear people say they wish Obama to fail. I expect that lunacy out of Limbaugh, but Rick Santorum recently hitched his wagon to that not so bright star. Has he lost his mind? Does he even realize the consequences of failure at this point in time? Does he really want to be back in power so badly that he doesn't care if his country suffers? Are Republicans only patriotic when they are in power?

I remember when I heard a few Dems say the same thing about Bush when he was first elected. They hoped he failed. Guess what? He did. Numerous times. And here we are in the middle of a global economic meltdown. Is this what they wanted? It was wrong sentiment then, and it's wrong now.

The bottom line for Republicans is this: Get your S#@% together! Stop wishing failure on the other side, because they are, in the big picture, YOUR SIDE. Stop focusing on how you can screw the Dems so you can get control back of Washington. You had eight long years to prove yourselves and you failed miserably. It's the Dems turn now. If you want another chance, then a little introspection wouldn't hurt. Figure out where you went wrong. I have a few suggestions if you can't think of any.

And finally, lay off the Obama citizenship crap. That paranoid propaganda didn't work in the election, it's not going to work now, and it's GETTING OLD! People have gotten wise to your (Karl) Rovian ways since being bombarded by all those yellow and orange terror alerts before the 2004 elections.

Phew... glad that's off my chest!