The wave is certainly building. Already of tsunami-like proportions, it is poised to sweep everything out to sea. Democrats - partially by chance, partially by their own effort - happen to be situated closest to the shore. Republicans are just behind. There is reason to believe that ultimately no one will be spared.
John Boehner’s taking over the reigns of congressional power will prove to be temporary. Politics as usual can no longer stand - particularly the practice of entitlement by seniority. Boehner will have to pull off a miracle in order to survive the public mood. There is no reason to believe that he (or any Republican) is up to the challenge.
This does not mean that voters will automatically jump back to supporting Democrats. This is where most pundits get it wrong. Let me be clear, the Democrat Party for all intents and purposes is finished. Bill Clinton finished it off with the Lewinski scandal. By forcing it to defend the indefensible, it would become an empty shell, retaining only its name. That’s how the socialists were able to fill the vacuum and take it over.
Republicans are blamed for letting it happen. Republicans were expected at the very least to keep watch. They failed to do even that much. They slept at their posts, allowing the enemy to breach the defensive line and create major havoc from within. Republicans are seen as being ineffectual at best, or somewhat corrupt at worst.
Voters will give them a very short leash should they come to power as now seems likely. The ineptness of The Republican Party will be exposed in all its amazing colors of Joseph’s Technicolor dream coat. The state-sponsored press will make sure that the news of Republican ineptness is well disseminated.
All this amounts to is that we could be seeing the birth of a wildly successful third Party in the next election cycle. All it would need is for a leader to emerge - one, capable of speaking the language of the American people.
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""particularly the practice of entitlement by seniority""
ReplyDeleteIsn't that one of the complaints against the unions? Promoting and protecting incompetents. None of them seem to get. WE don't want any of them. Professional backroom glad-handers, each a whore for their own piece of the pie.
System Stooges ~TFTT
I don't have much hope for a third party. The System is rigged against it. For example, conventions are "winner take all". That usually means that Democrats stay in power.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Republican upper-levels don't seem much more competent than their Democrat counterparts.
I think that what we need to do is keep working at the lowest levels. Elect conservative mayors, councilmen, dog-catchers, all the way up to state senators and governors. Some of them may even be Republicans.
Our problem is that the Liberals and Progressives (i.e., Socialists) have mastered the art of organizing. Alinsky would be proud. They have Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest as second-nature tools.
We could do the same, but it's getting harder and harder to find young people who haven't lost their souls to the public education system.
PS: I see you on John Batchelor's site. I read and listen there as much as I can. In an ideal world, he'd have Rush's time slot.