October 20, 2006
As momentum began to shift back toward the GOP with just days left until the mid-term elections, the Democrats began to strike a moderate tone. The would-be speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, promised to “rule from the center” if they took the reins of power. This type of rhetoric is all designed to convince mainstream America that the Democrats who control the party nationally aren't what they are.
The Republican Study Committee is a group of about 110 House Republicans. They organized for the express purpose of advancing a conservative social and economic agenda in Congress. The RSC compiled a listing of legislation the Democrats tried to pass in the last year or so. This legislation is anything but moderate.
For example:
Charlie Rangel of New York proposed lowering the mandatory sentence for crack-cocaine convictions. Our friend, Congressman Rangel, also proposed allowing convicts to vote as soon as they're released from prison. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia proposed Congress enshrine copies of government records concerning rapper Tupac Shakur in a specially created collection at the National Archives. “ Baghdad ” Jim McDermott of Washington State proposed gas stamps for free gas that would be handed out to anyone receiving food stamps.
Oh, it gets better.
Lee of California proposed a “Living Wage” act that ensures everyone has a “decent” job and “decent” housing, work training and education, all secured by Uncle Sam. Wexler of Florida proposed a new income tax (on top of the one we already have) on workers, employers and self-employed businessmen to fund Social Security. Baldwin of Wisconsin wanted to force all employers to provide health insurance to their workers. (It's now a God-given right, you know) DeLauro of Connecticut even wanted to regulate what restaurants put on their menus.
Oh, and the constitutional amendments they wanted. Representative Jackson of Illinois (Jesse's boy) and his amendment would require everyone to have “decent” and “affordable” housing. In another amendment, Jackson also was going to wave his magic amendment wand and mandate “full employment and balanced growth.”
Let's not forget that over in the senate Hillary Clinton wanted to allow anyone to register to vote and then vote on the very same day, opening the door wide open to voter fraud. I don't have enough column space to delineate all the nuttiness proposed by the Democrats in the senate.
This is the true face of the Democrats on the national level. Although your individual representative may be more conservative, the first vote they'll cast in Congress will be to put Nancy Pelosi and her henchmen in power. Pelosi knows you find that objectionable. That's why they're trying to paint themselves as something they're not. Like putting lipstick on a pig.
I, too, have become somewhat disgruntled with the Republicans in Washington . Their failure to control spending and their lack of action on illegal immigration (at least in the senate) have been frustrating, to say the least. I guess you have to ask yourself if your disappointment drives you to the point that you want to put in power the party of Spotted Al Gore and Barney Frank. The tax cuts that we've all enjoyed will be gone in the blink of an eye. The nanny state, which had at least stumbled during the Republican reign of power, will regain its stride. Conservatives may opt to stay home on Election Day. If you stay home, someone else will vote for you. And in some parts of the country that “someone” may even be dead. If the conservatives elect to stay home, liberals will elect their majority. Is that really what you want?