Grandfather's Old Party

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We have now seen the demise of the GOP. It can never recover. Sure, it will remain in name, but in name only- Barry Goldwater would be ashamed, as would the man who would turn 200 years old this week, Abraham Lincoln.

When it came time to Government-Welfare-Rescue their rich banker friends, who all arrived in Washington in private jets, it was a national crisis of monumental proportions, and action was not only critical, it was swift, bi-partisan action that was needed, and the naysayers were to be considered traitors and unpatriotic.

Then came the Automakers. Somehow, the fact that THEY arrived in private jets upset the unsensibilities of the Grand Old Puckers. The difference, of course? The UAW. Consequently, the CEOs and CFOs, and CPRs, and ABCs, and Eee-eye-eee-ohs of the Big Three, who collectively make a pittance in salary and benefits compared to the excesses of Wall Street, were treated like children, and made to crawl back to D.C. a second time, carpooling figuratively on their hands and knees, god forbid in their SUVs or Lear 23s.

Now it's Middle America. You, probably me, the folks next door and across the street- and 90% of the rest of us. What do we hear? Tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts- still the mantra, their rallying cry- huh?

Take care of the wealthy and they will take care of the rest? Yeah, right.

Trickle Down Economics is like the Nazi Concentration Camps. If you are the one doing the Trickling Down, all looks great; but if you are the one being "Trickled" upon, life sucks- or ends completely.

Is the Nazi comparison out of line? Maybe, but only to the Jews... Remember, their only sin was to deem Jesus a great but mortal man- and be born brunette with brown eyes, instead of blond and blue.

Saving the rich? A crisis... Saving the middle class? They'll think about it...

Even the once-great John McCain failed to regain some of his splendor when given the chance. Not surprising, but nonetheless sad...

The Party of Lincoln, Goldwater, and Eisenhower has been reduced to having stars named Cheney, Palin, David Vitter, Larry Craig, the party of Doolittle and Deelay, Limbaugh and O'Reilly- panderers to the rich and the religious- but mostly un-holy and misguided- and possessors of no scruples or morals.

So be it. GOP: R.I.P? Nah... R.I.H!