Our President is a wonderfully accomplished person that rose to his position by his own accomplishments and hard work. He has a fantastic and beautiful family. He actually cares about our country and its people and is working hard to fix things. He’s extremely smart, thoughtful and analytical (in stark contrast to our former President).

Republicans have decided he cannot succeed so they have effectively shut down the government to prevent him from being able to accomplish anything. The politics of destruction is all they know. I guess none of them ever had a mother that could give them a hug or teach them good manners. They would rather we all die rather than have a small hope of getting health care, ending the wars, etc., etc. They are doing what they do best -attack,, attack. They have all the news organizations (after all, they are all consolidated into just a few mega corporate entities now) on the end of their daily talking points. There is essentially no liberal voice on radio. The only sane broadcast is in the evenings on MSNBC. Rachel Maddow (Stanford, Rhodes Scholar, PhD in Political Science from Oxford) is must see TV every night. She does not do the screaming ranting that the right wing networks like Fox, CNN and the networks do. She offers thoughtful analysis and presentation of researched facts. If you are not watching her, you should. She is on at 6 and at 8 pm weekdays.

What is it with Republicans? All they seem to be able to do is spread lies, hatred, and fear. Proposition 8 was a prime example, but they do the same with everything. That’s all they do. They ignore the facts, everything is manipulated to try to get and hold power. They never put forward any ideas or solutions to the deep **** we find ourselves in after 8 years of Republican rule. The Bush administration came within a hair of destroying our country and its values. It has been a scramble to try to rescue our country from the peril they caused. Have you ever heard of the Republicans supporting anything at all helpful for the people of this country? No, of course not. They only care about greed, money, guns, and keeping women and minorities in their place.

The Republicans want to bring back the robber baron days. They are willing to sacrifice our country and the welfare of all the people in it in order to attack the good people and keep power for the themselves, the ultra-rich and the multinational corporations. The main goal of Democrats is fairness, equality, and opportunity for all of our citizens. This includes women, minorities, and GLBT citizens. Their whole focus is on finding ways to work together and make life and opportunities better for everyone. Which group would you rather be a part of?

It is impossible to understand the motives that drive Republican thinking. Hatred and oppression is not a family value. I don’t understand why any decent human being would find their platform acceptable, let alone compelling. There is even a sizable, very frightening, wing of the Republican party that is actively working to overthrow our democracy and to install a theocracy. One of it’s labels is called Dominionism – Sarah Palin is very big into this movement. Liberty University and Regent University are active in this movement. Bush installed many graduates of these universities into the beaurocracy of the government and they are still there mucking things up.

Peace