Now that the verbal masturbation has been a bit quiet….there are a few things that need to be said…..
Much has been written, said and thought about the new senator from Mass……The GOP is jerking off because they now have 41 members in the Senate…..the RNC is welcoming the new senator that will carry on with the principles of the party….cool huh?….But first, someone tell me just what those principles are….
I have purposefully waited before posting too much about the newest addition to the US Senate….there has been a wealth of noise….a wealth of analysis….and a wealth of whining….but now let us look at this guy for what he really is……after his election he told a newspaper…..
“I’m going to be a Scott Brown Republican,” he told reporters in Boston “Maybe there is a new breed of Republican coming to Washington.”
Just what does he mean by “a new breed of Republican”?
Think back for a moment and try to recall just what he actually stands for……he made national security his number one issue…he bitched about giving people trials or giving them any rights…..he was against health reform…..he opposed financial reform…..has no environmental stand that is known….nothing new there…sounds like a typical Repub to me…..then what will be new?
As a career politician Scott Brown is an 11-year Big Government Republican state legislator who regularly and repeatedly voted FOR bigger state government budgets, voted FOR expanded and new Big Government programs, voted FOR tax increases, and voted AGAINST tax cuts.
All that sounds like the Repubs of the previous 8 years or longer….so what is new? Alrighty then, which Scott Brown will go to Washington? Will be something new? Will it be the same opposition with no alternatives?
Many pundits that are gleeful of his win have said that he would be an independent voice in Washington….but so far I see NO independence just the same lame principles that the GOP has been preaching for a year now….Woodrow Wilson made an accurate observation that holds true to this day, “The trouble with the Republican Party is that it has not had a new idea in thirty years”…..Brown has NO new ideas!
Brown was the first of the anti-incumbencies…matters NOT what he says he will do….rather he is NOT a Washington insider (at this time)…..nothing more should be read into this election than that……and BTW, if he is a new breed Repub then I am a Mexican gardener named Jesus!
Hey! Jeez! What you wanna do with these plastic trees here? Sorry, couldn’t resist… 😆
Republican, Democrat, Independent (sort of because EVERYONE in administrations does their level best to ignore Independents – it’s the way the system is) – it makes no difference. Self is all they care about, which is why big government with big legislation is their priority.
If you cut one of these guys in half, you’ll find they have “bureaucrat” written all the way through. A few of course are a bit more honest and have “useless asshole” or “greedy bastard” but it’s the same thing.
A lawyer by any other name, eh?
All too damn true and well said…he has one thing going for him….his daughters are HOT!
Since we have been talking about bureaucrats I have started a post on the subject….so far I am pissed and have to stop before I throw the damn PC….watch for it….would appreciate your take on the post…..
Of course…
Quin…I got to thinking about the system in the US…and it is taking me from the elctoral college to representative democracy and then to bureaucrats…….so it will be a 3 parter again……I will most likely post it on Mondays….
You know I will read it.
Incidentally, I looked a bit more into the Libertarian thing after you said about it. I’ve posted a bit on it (I know you’ve seen it). The thing is, they’re NOT good at spin and PR and you sort of have to be to get your message across these days. But the more I analyse what they’re saying, the more it makes quite a lot of sense and I sort of realise that my gut reaction to some of it isn’t necessarily the right one. It’s a lot deeper than I first supposed.
They are a bit popular here…Ron Paul is a Libertarian and has a large following……the original Tea Partyers were Libertarian…..but that is until that were hijacked by money grubbing neocons…..some of their stuff is interesting…..I have a few books on them I could give you the titles if you would like….