The Moderate Liberal

Nearly 8 years of George W. (the W standards for Worst) Bush has taken a huge toll on the middle class and working Americans.  The Wall Street Journal today discusses how educated middle class Americans are dealing with the collapse of their living standards.

 Can America deal with another 8 years of failed Republican “trickle down” bullshit?  After 8 years of Bush W., and way too many recent years of  Republican executive leadership, its clear that Republicans are simply waging war on the middle class.  Their goal is to supress wages, deny benefits, and push off a disproportionate amount of the tax burden onto the middle class and their children.

Just look at the results:

Decline dollar value

Declining stock market

Two income families are the norm

Real wages have been supressed for decades

Social Security has been raided and inflation adjusted payouts to seniors wanes each year

It’s clear to us now: the Republican vision of America is one in which the rich get richer on the backs of the middle class. McCain will simply continue this proud Republican legacy.

Another example of how far out of touch the Republican Party is with the rest of America and the world.  Senate Republicans today blocked a global warming bill that would have required major reductions in greenhouse gases.

Remember when Republicans were always threatening to use the “nuclear option” to overcome then minority Democratic opposition to Bush court nominations?   Hmmm. It was a good idea then, perhaps after this next election of a permanent Democratic majority, it will be time to do away with these obsolete Republican obstructionists once and for all.

If you haven’t heard of “Operation Chaos,” then good for you!  That means you don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh.  OC is Limbaugh’s great master plan to defeat the Democrats by encouraging Republicans to “cross over” and vote in the Democratic party for Hillary Clinton. The theory goes that as long as the Democratics are fighting and divided, then Americans will forget that the Republicans have Ol’ John McCain as a candidate.

Syndicated liberal talk radio host Randi Rhodes today posited an interesting idea:  Operation Chaos is a sham that is providing cover for the right wing radio and TV punditry so that they will not need to explain why millions of people are defecting from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party.

I have to admit, the idea has merit.