The Party of Obstructionists?

I ask you, why is it, when the Democrats are in charge and the Republicans object to their policies, they are called the party of obstructionists? Yet, when the Republicans are in charge and the Democrats object to their policies, they are said to be standing up for the little guy?

In this country, we have a two party system which has served somewhat in providing checks and balances to our legislative branch. For the most part, it has made sure that neither party would have carte blanche to do whatever they wanted…at least that’s the way it has been until the Democrats gained overwhelming control of both houses of congress and “The One” got elected in the 2008 election.

Now, since the 2008 election, the Democrats have enough representatives and senators in both houses of congress, plus their man in the white house, to pass whatever policies they want and the Republicans can’t do much to stop them, so what will be obstructed? If the Democrats just stick together like the pack of wolves that they are they will have everything they want. So what’s the problem?

Well, let’s take a look at the current controversial bill to explain the problem. The new “big government spending bill”, which is wrongly being touted as a “stimulus package”, is their baby. They claim its going to ride in and save us all from destruction. It’s the end all to all of our problems (I think we heard the same thing when President Bush and Hank Paulson’s $800 billion plus bailout bill was forced down our throats last Fall….didn’t we?).

If the Democrats feel so strongly about this “stimulus package”, then why don’t they just pass it and own it all by themselves? If it does everything they are saying it will, then they will be the heroes and won’t have to share the glory. On the other hand, if it fails and actually causes more problems, then they can take full responsibility for its failure.

This latter scenario is exactly why they don’t want to be the only party to pass the bill; even though they can, as seen by the votes in the house last week, where all Republicans and eleven Democrats voted against it, yet it still passed. They want to be able to point fingers and have the Republicans share in the blame. They do not want to be standing alone, unsupported, on that precarious ledge by themselves. Therefore, in order to give themselves cover for future power grabs, they need to strong arm as many Republicans as they can to vote with them. They need this bill to be bipartisan.

Well I say, LET THEM STAND ALONE!!! I want every Republican senator to follow the example of the Republicans in the house. Let’s test the liberal progressive philosophy against the conservative philosophy. And in so doing, let the people who keep voting for these yahoos feel the full brunt of what they have voted for and maybe, just maybe, they will finally realize who really is for the little guy. Maybe, just maybe, they will realize who really is concerned for the welfare of the American people and not just in grabbing power and control…maybe.