November 23, 2005

On November 18th, during a debate in the House of Representatives, partisan name-calling began after Representative John Murtha, D-Pa., an original supporter of the Iraq war, called for the pullout of U.S. troops. Republicans immediately went on the attack against the decorated Vietnam vet by sending out Representative Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio to bite back.

With her face scrunched with hatred, she said, “A Marine colonel "asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message - that cowards cut and run, Marines never do."

After her rabid partisan attack, Schmidt was directly confronted by elements from both parties and she backed off a bit but on November 23rd she said she would have said exactly the same thing but wouldn't have used Murtha's name.

What a typical Republican coward she is.

Her vehemence and nastiness represents the new Republican Party that now favors lies over truth, name calling over honest debate and war over peace.

The Republican Party used to be for fiscal responsibility but no more... it has spent America into unimaginable national debt of over 8 trillion dollars after promptly spending surpluses collected in the 1990s.

The Republican party used to be for the Constitution but no more... it wants to alter the constitution to reflect what they consider as "Christian values" when our nation was founded on equality for all people and no state religion.

The Republican Party used to be for war only when absolutely necessary for the defense of the country, but no more... it is now used for political gain, and to instill fear and to mercilessly attack those they don't agree with such as Iraqis.

The Republican Party use to be about morality and decency but no more... Bush declared he was against torture but Cheney campaigned for it in Congress at the same time he said that.

The Republican Party used to be for the capitalist system, but no more... it bestows billions to oil and pharmaceutical companies and agricultural interests which in turn gives them even more political and economic clout. They forgot that taxes belong to every American and for every American and are not spoils of politics.

The Republican Party used to believe in honesty and integrity, their presidential candidate even pledged this, but no more ... too often Republicans are being charged, tried and convicted of crimes at the state and federal levels and they still call themselves "Christian" and law abiding. They reject calls for openness and clarity because they are too busy getting away with their crimes to listen to its citizens.

The Republican Party promised to give Americans a democracy that would meet the demands of its citizens, but it did not. After gaining control of Congress and the White House, Americans were immediately shafted with a tax cut principally for the rich and then with a war in Iraq that was planned in early 2001.

The Republican Party and its members are at best, just a pile of typical political scum but incredibly they have moved beyond that to a party with absolute evil intent to enrich themselves with money and power and Americans be damned.

Where is Barry Goldwater when you need him? His spirit is certainly dead in Washington, D.C.