For years, the Repub Party worked in the shadows to undermine Democracy.
They suppressed votes and disenfranchised any group of
Americans they felt would vote for a Democrat.
When they realized groups of people were allowed to vote
on a Sunday before an election because they could not afford to take a day off
to do so Repubs worked hard to end early voting.
The GOP sent mailers to African American households and other
likely Democratic voting groups with false information such as a wrong polling
place or even the wrong voting date.
They actively gerrymandered every district in every State
under Repub control to ensure the reelection of their candidates even though
they were a distant minority. This famous and infamous process entitled ‘redlining’
is basically the GOP’s guide to minority rule. It is a quasi-apartheid form of
government in America.
In the war against Democracy there were skirmishes in
many localities across the country that largely went unnoticed by the general
population.
Many times civil liberties groups attempting to end these
irregularities found themselves in the courts.
That’s when the GOP turned some of their anti-democratic
attention to the judges across America. They quietly started appointing friendly
Conservative judges everywhere they could.
That practice recently culminated with the outright acts
of the current GOP Senate Majority leader.
All of these tactics affected mostly black and minority
neighborhoods and were well thought out as to seem mostly fair and balanced.
Mostly.
And when the ‘neighborhood’ was the entire country a new
tactic evolved as was the case when Repub ‘god’ Ronnie Reagan realized unions mostly
voted for the Democratic candidate. That was the signal for the forces of the
GOP to attack.
The Repub hatred for unions is well known and an active strategy
to this day and will remain so until they are stopped.
But with the advent of the single most disgusting
creature ever to step foot in the White House, let alone rule over it, the Repub
Party has come out of the closet.
They used to call themselves the ‘Family Values Party’ or
the party of fiscal responsibility, but both of those terms have fallen by the
wayside as they have now clearly shown their true colors.
A quick and easy trek through history will show that
under GOP rule the country’s deficit always rises and the middle class, the
majority of America, always falls.
The GOP works hard to title any new measure they bring
forward and enact with a fair sounding name, such as the “Jobs Act” or stating
a State’s union busting policy gives everyone the “Right to Work.”
And as any bully is wont to do when they lose power to the
Democrats they rant and rave about the high cost of living and the horrendous
deficit and call them the ‘tax and spend’ crowd.
A quick aside question that never seems to get asked is
how can government spend what it does not have?
When Repubs are in power they lower the taxes on the
wealthiest of the land and give enormous tax breaks to large corporations. Both
groups can afford to pay more taxes, aka their fair share far more easily than
the working class who makes them rich.
So in a way the GOP is right. When the Democrats take over,
they must find more money to keep government running and they do so by rolling
back the unfair tax breaks given to the donors and friends of the Repub Party.
But the ‘right wing’ machine is ready to pounce and claim
falsely that the taxes will hurt the middle class and stifle business thus harming
the economy.
Once again let’s do a quick romp through history and note
that since Eisenhower’s administration in the 1950s the economy has always
gotten better under a Democratic President and always faltered under a Repub
one.
And by the way, Eisenhower’s economy expanded very nicely
thank you, while the top tax rate in the land was 90%!!!
So, what can we do to right the ship of state?
How can we ensure our future will be fair for all
Americans and safe for our children and theirs?
We must learn from history and not repeat it.
We must shine a light on those actively working to end
American Democracy and make sure no more shadows exist in our government.
The Democrats have shown themselves to be the party of,
by and for the people. Now we the people must show them we are on their side as
well!
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