Republican Bunker Mentality
As uncertain as the effects of the stimulus may be, one thing is clear: The Republican Party has chosen clichés for its survival–deers in the headlights, heads in the sand and unity in a bunker to hide from the Obama battle with the destructive economic forces they helped unleash.
As they congratulate themselves on near-unanimity in yesterday’s vote, the hairline cracks in GOP solidarity are beginning to show.
Arlen Specter, who breached the party line to support the bill, said before the vote that more Republicans would have joined him if it were not for fear of political consequences.
“When I came back to the cloak room after coming to the agreement a week ago today,” said Specter, “one of my colleagues said, ‘Arlen, I’m proud of you.’ My Republican colleague said, ‘Arlen, I’m proud of you.’ I said, ‘Are you going to vote with me?’ And he said, ‘No, I might have a primary.’ And I said, ‘Well, you know very well I’m going to have a primary.’”
Even in the Judd Gregg fiasco, it’s clear how much peer pressure played a part in his decision to withdraw as Commerce Secretary after abstaining on the original stimulus vote while preparing for the nomination process.
opinions powered by SendLove.to
2 Responses to “Republican Bunker Mentality”
Dick Cheney is behind it. I can smell it like a dirty rat.
Rush Limbaugh said he hopes Obama fails. You know, our leadership in these troubled times…TO FAIL…
Rush is the mouthpiece of the GOP. Cheney is the invisible head. Do the math.
The republicans have had so incredibly little of worth to offer over the past decade it's hard to believe they still have as many apologists as they do, but of course we're talking about power and money here, not leadership. That said, I have plenty of beefs with the dems as well. My hope with Obama is that his vision and drive don't get buried and burnt out in the abysmal bizz as usual that passes for American government in this day and age. I truly fear for my country and we have taken a terrible toll from the combination of greed and incompetence that began infecting it when the WWII generation started retiring. In otherwords, the adults are gone… Is Lord of the Flies too extreme a metaphor at this juncture?