Brief Comment About the Government

You all know where I stand, as a Tea Party Republican.  The past two weeks has been an exercise in futility.  Mainstream Republicans gave the Democrats all their leverage on a silver platter.  If mainstream Republicans were going to cave under media pressure why wait two weeks?  Why not just give in at the beginning and save all these back and forth proposals?  What did we get after all this?  Another stop gap budget.  A budget for three months.  We'll be back in the same mess in January.  The difference next time is the Democrats will know all they have to do is stick to their guns and mainstream Republicans will give them what they want.  I think if the Republicans would have stuck to their platform long enough the Democrats would have come to the negotiating table.  Now, what intensive do the Democrats have to negotiate?  All they have to do is what the Republicans should have done. 

People say Republicans should come more to the middle.  I could say the same about Democrats but what good is that.  Why do we want two parties that are identical?  People need choice.  Republicans shouldn't come to the middle any more than Democrats should.  A party shouldn't change just because one side of an issue is promoted more in the media than another.  I get so sick of candidates for Federal office being asked how they feel about abortion, and gay marriage.   Why aren't these issue state issues?  If both parties have the same view what distinguishes them.  I know there are other issues to consider but these are the main two the media harps on. 

I've been hearing talk of a third party.  This party would be formed by splitting the Republicans.  Haven't we learned from history; split the party and the other one wins.  Moderate Republicans should become democrats so people will have two clear parties. 

I've even heard a small group of malcontents speak of secession.  History repeating itself again.  Unlike now most people in each region had similar ideologies.  If we were split by region I'd be considering secession myself.  Unfortunately we are scattered and there's no western frontier we can gather to.  We're got to get it together or fall.