Thursday, October 5, 2023

Enduring Conservative Chaos

NOWADAYS it almost seems that whan a Republican open his or her mouth, signs something, or does something, almost anything, there is a sense of anger, back stabbing, and aggression surrounding it. The removal of Rep. McCarthy from the speakership is a prime example. In the first place, he was installed as Speaker under the most undesirable terms imaginable, under terms which permitted him to do nothng strong or definitive without approval,and which allowed even the slightest discontent with him on the part of even a single memeber of the House to initiate proceedings to remove him from his post. It was therefore nearly inevitable that he would be removed, sooner, or later. It almost seems amazing and ubelievable that he remained in his job as long as he did, about ten months. The mere fact that the Republican House caucus would even allow this situation to manifest clearly demosntrates their negative,angry, uncooperative attitude; as if they are following in the footsteps of, say, Donald J. Trump. The the fer right wing extremists in the House, who call themselves the "Freedom Caucus", Donald Trump advised; "If you don't get everything you want, shut the government down". which is exactly what they tried, unsuccessfully thank the lord, to do. The situaton looked hopeless - it looked at though the government would indeed snut down, and millions of military people and border security guards would not get paid but be expected to work without pay, among other terrible consequences, when Speaker McCarthy stepped up, and did exactly the sort of thing that great leaders are expected to, and should do. He took the bull by the horns, so to speak, showed leadership, and compromised, putting forth a government funding bill which was acceptable to Democrats, and, to most Republicans, ignoring the "Freedom Caucus" extremests,and infuriating them in the process. That was the end of his career. McCarthy was atually removed from power largely because of the coupla hundred Democrats who took advantage of the Republican Civil War and voter to remove him, a questionable strategy on their part. Democrats didn't like him either, because they felt, justifiably, tht McCarthy reneged on an agreement he made with them and with President Biden. But by so doing, they voted out a man who was, at least to some extent, willing to work with them (Dmocrats), as opposed to what they may get next - a totally far right wing intransigent maniac who will return the House to the Newt Gingrich philosophy which has poisonsed American politics since Clinton was president: no compromise with Demorats or progressives. No copromise, take no prisoners, win at all costs, the philosophy of the far right since Gingrich brought that style to Capitol Hilll when he was Speaker in the late nineteen nineties. Now, under Trump, its worse than ever, the sanctimonious, crusading us against the world total victory or death mentality of the current conservative demographic. Hence, their support of Trump, who personifies perfectly the immoral, integrity-free aganda of America's right wing movement of reporbates. It will be difficult to bring seventy million Americans to their senses, without some dramatic event. It may be that it would have been better for Democrats to vote to leave McCarthy in charge, sit back, and watch the conservative congressional chaos. America requires some strong catalyst to instigate the decline and downfall of this current maniacal far right political movement. The defeat of Donald Trump, his conviction and incarcerations would do nicely.

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