Silence of the Lambs

The utter failure of the Republicans in the senate, not only to stop healthcare but their failure to even offer a serious fight to prevent its passage leaves regular Americans with some difficult choices. There were a thousand parlimentary tricks that could have been used to slow its passage and of course everyday closer to the 2010 elections the easier it would have been to stop passage altogether, yet they simply capitulated. No real fight was offered and the few Republicans like Coburn and Demint who seemed willing to fight were actually restrained by the Republican leadership.
We must embrace the truth of our situation.

Why has the left been so successful since the inauguration?
They spent a hundred years laying the groundwork. Starting with TR and ending with Mitch.
They’ve spent a hundred years getting leftists elected and appointed. They’ve built case law and regulations and legislative history and executive orders. It has apparently culminated in this last election.
Why is it so hard to believe a movement that would dedicate so much time and energy to reach the goal would miss the obvious and not have control of the “opposition?” McConnell never has to vote or do anything overt on behalf of the left all he has to do is sit this one out. Take a dive. Which on healthcare he dutifully did. McCain, Snowe, Spector have also somehow managed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time on bill after bill.
As Sherlock Holmes would say, “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

These people are purposefully posing as Republicans when their true intent is to advance the liberal agenda. It may seem improbable but LOOK at their results!!!

The truth is we ARE a bunch of Rubes. We continually allow these people to undermine or outright betray the country time after time in the clutch moments. Guess what, sleepers are SUPPOSED to look like us as much as possible while doing the enemies work. Yet half of those on the right defend these guys and block every attempt to purge this disease. Oh no, we can’t have standards. Or accountability. We’re a big tent.
As has been observed the third party route is a dead-end but the sentiment behind it is not. If we place our bets on today’s Republican Party, as constituted; we are going to lose. Or we can make the Republican Party BE the third party the country is crying for. If we can do away with the shape shifters and changelings that have undermined and denied every principle and value this nation was built on.
For one hundred years we have lost battle after battle to these people because we have failed to treat this like it is a war for survival. We continually give up ground that once surrendered is never recovered. We are afraid of appearing too zealous or suspicious. We have allowed ourselves to live in fear of being labeled racist or homophobe or rightwing extremist or whatever and then they label us anyway. We buy into a silly notion that somehow in the end we will win no matter how foolish or misguided our actions. We repeat ad nauseam silly platitudes about how elections have consequences yet act as if they don’t.
They treat this like it is a war and because of this attitude they are winning the war.
If our actions don’t change our future is a fine or jail time because we haven’t health insurance;
Starving because we haven’t a carbon credit to buy a Big Mac;
Or a ride on a cattle car because we are a drain on their Great Society.