I'm Not A Democrat, I'm an Anti RepublicanThe return of Benghazi is the latest evidence that the GOP is putting its
unhinged obsessions before the good of the countryConsider:
~A gun-toting maniac slaughters 20 children and 6 adults inside an elementary school.
The GOP response? Loosen gun restrictions.
~Banks and the finance industry nearly topple the global economy. The GOP response?
Oppose increased regulation of banks and the finance industry.
~Well over 90 percent of climate scientists present research in favor of anthropogenic
climate change. The GOP response? Suggest that the scientists have joined forces with
liberals in a big-government conspiracy.
~Economic inequality is increasing dramatically, especially at the very top of the income
pyramid. The GOP response? Propose cutting taxes on the wealthy.
~The food stamp program has grown since the economic meltdown of 2008, which led to
millions of Americans losing their jobs. The GOP response? Cut the food stamp program.
~Money is playing an ever-greater role in American politics. The GOP response? Cheer
on the effort of the Supreme Court's Republican majority to increase the role of money
in politics still further.
~Wages have been stagnant or falling for many years, and raising the federal minimum
wage is a broadly popular way of addressing the problem. The GOP response? Oppose
raising the minimum wage.
If any of this makes sense to you, maybe the GOP is where you belong. As
for me, I'll stay where I am: Voting against the Republican Party every chance I
get — and hoping it soon receives the incontestable rebuke at the ballot box it so
richly deserves.http://theweek.com/article/index/261426/im-not-a-democrat-im-an-anti-republican