Conservative Ideological Idiocy

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Conservative Ideological Idiocy
By Bernie Horn

February 17th, 2009 - 12:04am ET


Today, exactly four weeks after his historic inauguration, President Barack Obama signs a historic bill into law. That law will create or save 3 ½ million American jobs, make a substantial down-payment on repairs to our nation’s ailing infrastructure, put our nation on the path to energy independence, assist millions of lower-income families, and cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans.

Yet, I come not to praise Obama but to bury his opponents. The right wing—congressional Republicans, conservative bloviators, and their greedy benefactors—have made a huge political mistake. They are teetering at the edge of a cliff and the question now is whether we progressives will provide a little shove.

Let’s review the politics. Republicans were soundly beaten in both 2006 and 2008. Adding the two elections together, Republicans lost and Democrats gained 55 seats in the House of Representatives and 14 seats in the Senate (including Al Franken, who will ultimately prevail). At this point, only 31 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of the GOP.

It’s no secret why Republicans are unpopular: Their policies led to domestic and foreign disasters. They turned a $200 billion budget surplus into a $1 trillion deficit. They caused the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. They started the stupidest, most unnecessary war in American history.

And now, when our nation desperately needs strong measures to prevent a recession from sliding into depression, what do they do? They almost unanimously vote against jobs, against rebuilding America, and against the biggest middle-class tax cut in American history. In the process, they voted to replace the whole Obama economic recovery plan with tax breaks for the rich. ........(more)

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