25 Republican Governors (and a couple of Ds) and the remaining 8 to 10 GOP presidential candidates collectively receive the "Twit of the Day" recognition. These men and women are using the lives of tens of thousands of people who are fleeing the ravages of the war that was instigated by the Republican mentality that permeates America.
They are telling Americans that these refugees are dangerous, or better yet "might be dangerous" and must be kept out of their states in order to protect us from the extremism which is alleged to be in each and every one of them. The extremists are really the GOP governors and the candidates who want to force refugees to be wear tags that label them, refuse them food, medical care and shelter in the GOP led states.
It is the Federal government who will decide which refugees and how many will be resettled here in the States. While there may be a couple of extremist refugees in among the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, we already have hundreds of thousands of extremist terrorizing people already here in the US and nobody seems concerned about them. They are Americans, born here of American parents and grandparents. They are unprincipled and undocumented gun owners, who take the lives of over 30,000 people every years in the US. Where is the GOP Governor or GOP Presidential candidate who want to beat the war drum about them?
All the rhetoric and vitriol spewed by these "good conservative" possibly Christian politicians is focused on pleasing their respective electorates for election and re-election. The claims of threats and danger from refugees is a Red Herring to divert our attention from the real purpose, elected office. It is fear mongering, pure and simple.
Once a refugee has walked a thousand miles to interim safety and passes the 18 to 24 month investigative vetting process of the US Government, he, she and their families are allowed to arrive in the USA. From that point they can travel to any state that choose, if they have the funds to do so. Therefore, Governor Abbott's (R-TX) can say and do anything he wants to to make life difficult for people seeking safety and a stable future, but they will come anyway.
The refusees [sic] of the GOP are human beings no different than the rest of us. And while there is a "bad apple" in most every barrel, the numbers are minuscule compared to the vast majority of earnest people.
For all their ignorance and hype, the entire GOP presidential cadre and all but one GOP Governor get the Twit of the Day award.
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Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, November 6, 2015
Voted Off The Island
As
the wide field of Republican Presidential candidates continues to be Yooge in
the patois' of The Donald, it is shrinking. While the more vocal of the club
are out and about moaning and groaning about how CNBC treated them in the third
debate, at least the moderators and network executives did not exclude any of
the contenders.
The
initial cadre of candidates exceeded 16 where upon the debate schedulers
decided that the four at the bottom of the list would stand at the children's podiums
in a separate and far less equal event. Those men did not like it but it was
that of nothing.
For
the 4th event, two of the survivors have been voted off the island. Gov. Chris
Christie and Former Gov. Mike Huckabee got the ax in that vote. Two others previously
voted themselves out of the running. Rick Perry and Scott Walker bowed out with
a modicum of self-respect.
So
it is better to step aside or be pushed? Christie and Huckabee cannot survive
being marginalized in the debates even though the poll respondents have already
done that to them. My recommended debate approach has not been adopted by any
TV network yet. www.bit.ly/GongGOP
outline the perfect format for the GOP debate.
Once
the primary voting really begins, there will be a swift sword wielded to slay
the vastly unworthy pretender to the throne. Quite quickly the field will be
pared down to just The Two. Who they will be exactly is yet to be seen. None of
the remaining candidates have shown any qualifications for the office.
The
three primary job duties of the President are: Commander in Chief of the Armed
Services, Economist, and Ambassador to the world. The GOP field all say some
variation of "I'll use military might on Day One to settle …"
"I'll repeal that legislation on Day One…" And by their personalities,
they are all laughing stocks in the eyes of the world with their silly talk and
biblical justifications for everything they are paid to support. They all say
they love and support the Constitution but then go on to assert that they will
take actions that clearly show that they know precious little about that
document or how to uphold it.
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