Then there is the whole thing with just not liking women…
INCOMING! A righteous question. Why does the Republican Party as a whole hate women?
Some readers are shaking their heads vigorously; others are nodding like a gaggle of chickens a-pecking at strewn corn.
Truth: There are X-number of Republicans – leaders, politicians, voters – who do not “hate” women, per se. With slanted ideological think-speak based on one-sided media posts by believers in the GOP MOD (mantra of the day), ultra-conservatives have adopted talking points that, instead of glorifying women’s role as leaders in society, diminish their contributions by shuttling them into second-class citizen status.
Too harsh an assessment? Hmmm. Ya think? Would a majority of men – as a group or individually – agree to have a government-ordered vasectomy to hold down the nation’s population? How about if there is an unwanted pregnancy? Should the government have right to enact and enforce a law that ties the male in the union to that embryo and its carrier … for life? What about if the man were duped by nefarious means, i.e., told lies by woman who want to get pregnant?
The Republican Party would never order those draconian steps against men, but have no apparent problem wanting to force women to adopt life-altering rules set down by a group of predominately old, white men. Again, what right does our elected officials have to dictate what any person can and cannot do regarding individual health choices when an effected person is in consultation with her physician and/or God?
On a different but convergent path is the dire problem with the Supreme Court. With a 6-3 conservative bent, the court has members who lied during the confirmation process. Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh agreed the Roe v. Wade case an “important precedent that has been reaffirmed many times”. Gorsuch called the case “a precedent of the Supreme Court” and “What was once a hotly contested issue is no longer a hotly contested issue. We move on.” Coney Barrett publicly stated “Cases (like Roe v. Wade) are so well settled that no political actors and no people seriously push for their overruling.”
All three justices lied to get confirmed. Period. Is there no punishment for lying under oath?
GOP turning on itself
Republicans across the superhighways on social media are calling on Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel to resign following last week’s elections.
Bottomline: Instead of a predicted “Red Sweep”, there was a “Blue Social Tsunami”.
Republicans experienced a mixed night this past Tuesday with Democrats scoring victories in Kentucky — reelecting Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear over Trump-backed candidate Daniel Cameron — as well as gaining major geound in Virginia and Ohio. Democrats took control of the General Assembly in Virginia. On another important issue, pro-abortion activists won in Ohio, as voters there passed Issue 1, codifying the “right” to women being free to seek personal health advice without government interference.
The Ohio vote was not a simple “pro-choice” vs. “pro-life” debate; it had the appearance of a “woman’s right” vs. “anti-abortion” Mixed Martial Arts cage match.
Despite national statistics showing more than 70 percent of U.S. citizens want to live in a country where women, not government officials, have control over personal health issues, the cadre of Keystone Kops Republicans refuse to acknowledge this issue as a king-killer.
By making the abortion issue a cornerstone of the 2024 election cycle, the GOP hard-liners are setting themselves up for a fall into the abyss of irrelevance.
The last thing the GOP needed to do was put a burr under the saddle, so to speak, of the under-30 demographic; that’s exactly what they did by taking a hard line on abortion.
The 2023 elections are in the history books and young voters had a smashing impact on the results. Of course, inflation and crime are major talking points among all categories of voters, but the GOP cannot count of blowing those clarion-call issues to win key races, including the presidential election.
The 2024 elections are going to boil down to talking points and believability. With Donald Trump leading the GOP charge and without the ability to curb his outrageous rants and mouthy malapropos, he is going to hurt his current party’s chances of keeping the Senate and regaining the House.
Here’s the rub: Trump is going to be Trump; he cannot help himself.
Trump thinks it, Trump says it. And then, the man never, ever, will back up.
His plan, if re-elected, is to replace democracy with fascism.
Too over-the-top, you say? Read on.
- Trump recently called his political opponents “vermin” and wants to establish a “presidential dictatorship”, according to presidential historian Michael Beeschloss.
- Trump is on record vowing to arrest his political opponents.
- He would abolish any program dealing with “clean” energy.
- Trump stated his intention to gut the Department of Justice and FBI, FCC and FTC, replacing top officials with hand-picked loyalists.
- On Trump’s table is deploying the military for domestic law enforcement, as well as mass deportation of immigrants.
- He promises to eliminate protection rights granted to the LBGTQ community.
- The GOP is on record wanting to curb Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and any welfare programs, including food stamps, and free or reduced school meal vouchers.
Leading up to the 2024 elections, use the R.A.T. Theory before voting; Research. Analyze. Think.
Maintaining our democracy may depend on your vote.
George Smith views the world from the back porch Bedspring Ridge, a dogtrot house he built in Sutton, Arkansas on old family land on a spot where his great-grandfather’s house once stood. There he lives and opines with his wife BobbieJean and a rescue dog, “Li’l Dawg.” A former newspaper reporter, editor and publisher, he has a master’s degree in business, is a retired director for a global technology company, has been a business owner, student of government and the behavior of politicians. He has been a college instructor, national motivational speaker, community development and festival development consultant and is a published author.