Republicans Should NEVER be in Charge of the Government

[louis c]

They want it to fail. they don't even do it covertly. Reagan said that "government can't solve our problems. government is the problem." Republican philosophy is to get Government out of the way and let the people make their own decisions. How often have we heard that government should let the people keep more of their own money by reducing or eliminating taxes. How often have the most conservative elements talked of "starving the beast" in an effort to bankrupt America. That's their philosophy and their sticking to it.

That philosophy is why this country is in the dire straights that it is in. If government (FDA) doesn't check my food before I purchase it, am I supposed to create my own testing lab? The Bush administration and the Republican Congress gutted the agencies that were supposed to protect us. After all, we need to be protected. OSHA was reduced and dismantled and the most catastrophic mine disasters of the last 50 years occurred on Bush's watch. Manufacturing (toy) safety, food safety, work-place safety all suffered because Republicans don't want the government to work.

Michael Brown at FEMA and Chris Cox at SEC were cronies and helped and protected no one. The labor board had disdain for workers. The Department of Education wanted to do away with public eduction and hated the teachers (I know, they said they hated the teachers' unions, but they hated the teachers).

Bush's war in Iraq was supposedly the CIA dropping the ball. 9/11 was the FBI. Boarder security, the Justice Department, our trade agreements. All aspects of out government over the last 8 years has been geared to gut the U.S. government and promote the philosophy the government doesn't work. Well, it won't work if the people in charge actively sabotage it.

Republicans should never control the government again, because their actions, in concert, are treasonous.

[KansDem]

1. Molly Ivins said it best...

Republicans don't want to govern. They want to rule...

[liberalmuse]

2. Does Bush have a hunchback?

Or is that his receiver? You can see a little hump when he ducks in your sig gif.

On edit: Sorry to get off topic. I was just sort of mesmerized by the gif and noticed the hump.

[KansDem]

4. I'm not sure. Could be the same receiver he used during the debates...

I would have thought his handlers wouldn't think he needed it anymore.

I was just sort of mesmerized by the gif...

I know what you mean. I watch it for extended periods of time knowing that, as a loop, it will never change. But I just can't help hoping against hope that one time, just one time, he won't duck and the shoe will smack him squarely in the face, ripping off his smirk while knocking him to the floor. I know it won't happen but I keep hoping...

[izquierdista]

7. Bill Maher said it funnier...

Republicans run saying government doesn't work and then set out to prove it when they get elected.

[KansDem]

9. HA!!! So true...so true...(nt)

[peacetalksforall]

3. Yours is a very concise picture of Rebpulicanism.. k & r

[louis c]

10. Thanks. and Merry Christmas

[BOSSHOG]

5. How Republicans get ignorant people to vote for them

They tell them - GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WORK, PUT US IN CHARGE AND WE WILL PROVE IT. Then after they have fucked things up (again) they go back to those with conservative values and say, see I told you so, vote me back into office. Not much heavy lifting involved at all.

[AngryAmish]

6. Republicans should never be

We need to stamp them out.

[louis c]

11. That's a little extreme, but I get it (NT)

[The_Commonist]

8. I think you are missing an important element...

...even though you address it in your choices of examples.

Not only do they not want government to function, but they want to kill off as many of us as possible.
And, they want to profit from that.
They want the planet to themselves, and they see themselves as the fittest for survival.
Unless we do something about it, and fast, they may actually get what they want...