Stupid American Voters

[Pilgrim]

Pilgrim, if history was only 6 years old we'd be all set. Problem: It goes on a good deal longer than that. Further, it's not Washington-specific. Watching these parties over a longer time, it does look like they're part of the same beast.

I voted solid Republican during the Republican Revolution of '94. Republicans won by a significant margin, controlled both houses of Congress, only the POTUS was in Democrat hands. You'd never know Republicans won though, they still acted like they had to kowtow to the Democrats. They got nothing done, and later seemed more interested in not losing than in really winning anything. Even when GWB took the White House in 2000, it took forever to get anything done in Congress-- with both houses AND the Presidency firmly Republican, they STILL had a tendency to act as if they were the "Loyal Opposition" rather than the government-- and Dems could still get their way by angry looks.

So-- now both houses are Republican-controlled again. I wonder why I don't expect Earth-shaking differences this time.

I see your point and don't necessarily disagree except for the '94 revolution when Gingrich and the GOP House were able to strike a reasonable budget deal with Clinton, who was pragmatic enough to move to the center. Of course there was never really a budget surplus, but at least they were able to work together and cut a few reasonable bipartisan deals - unlike the current situation.

What gives the GOP a chance to accomplish something significant in the coming two years is three major problems created by Obama and the Democrats since his election: (1) Our record level of national debt (2) the illegal immigration mess and his threat to make it worse, and (3) ObamaCare and the impending collapse of our national health care system. If they have the spine to seriously tackle these issues the Stupid American Voters will go for them in a big way in 2016. If not, a 3d party candidate could arise and make some serious waves in the presidential election.

 

[davekc]

And of course, don't forget to add "global warming" Brrr...it is cold out. Obama's brilliant agreement has China basically doing nothing until 2030. And even then, "they might" consider something. lol So what do we do? Borrow from the Chinese for our own green projects because Chinese air is polluting the world. Have to find a way to line the democrats pockets some way.
So basically a continuation of new Solyndras coming our way.

 

[Pilgrim]

And of course, don't forget to add "global warming" Brrr...it is cold out. Obama's brilliant agreement has China basically doing nothing until 2030. And even then, "they might" consider something. lol So what do we do? Borrow from the Chinese for our own green projects because Chinese air is polluting the world. Have to find a way to line the democrats pockets some way.
So basically a continuation of new Solyndras coming our way.

And there's the Iranian nuclear thing that everyone seems to have forgotten about since the MSM has chosen to ignore this elephant that never really left the room. Also the ISIS situation that's on the news almost every night with new beheadings of both Christians and Muslims by al-queda terrorists who were allowed to rise from the ashes in Iran and Syria due to the largesse of Obama's foreign policy. Hard to tell which policy is worse - foreign or domestic.