The GOP is better at holding power than the democrats because they know how to move the economy off the front page.
I predict the next Republican administration will govern from a context of "keeping America safe" from terror states. I predict Iran or some other terror state will become a major problem starting in 2013. I'm not sure what it will be - perhaps there will be an attack on domestic soil or some other form of major global instability. Regardless, something will happen to make National Security the primary issue. This is how the GOP has always governed (whereas the Dems, at least recently, focus more on domestic social issues like health care or wealth inequality)
National security will allow Romney to shift the national dialogue away from economic desperation. Since he will have trouble giving Americans jobs (because we may be stuck in the mud for a while), Romney will give the serfs "safety". This is the oldest political tool in the universe. It involves using a real threat for political ends. Postwar anti-commuism - of the McCarthy vintage - is a prime example of how a real foreign enemy is used to shape a domestic political agenda.
Does anyone else agree that Iran or some other cosmic national security threat is going to arrive with next Republican administration?
Reagan relied deeply on the Cold War to govern. Bush relied deeply on the War on Terrorism.
What enemy will president Romney or Gingrich use?
When the GOP leadership tells us of the next big threat, will republican voters question Washington, or will they trust dear leader?
My fear is that Republican trust in big-government-solutions to global security problems will once again dictate the massive deployment of taxpayer dollars. [Why do Republican voters trust government so much to solve problems?] Will the Republican base ever learn to question big government military solutions? Or will they always believe that big government can save the world form evil and make things better?
Granted: we already know the Dems trust Big Government; we know the Dems trust Washington to save the world. After all, they're the party of Government Solutions - BUT BUT BUT we so rarely admit that the GOP base tends to trust big government even more.
If government cannot be trusted to run a laundromat, why do Republicans give them the power and budget to rebuild the Arab world in our image?
If you look at the size of the Pentagon or the privacy-robbing invasiveness of Homeland Security, you realize that GOP fear over security has always grown the biggest government of all. If you don't believe me, watch the next GOP administration. The War on Terror is coming back on steroids. If you thought the first Patriot Act was an affront to freedom, you ain't seen nothing yet. [Did anyone notice how the Republican Base wasn't even allowed to question the Patriot Act? On certain issues, the Republican base is simply not allowed to question their party leaders. We didn't hear a peep from Talk Radio or FOX news on the Patriot Act. There were zero questions. The base gave Dear Leader 100% trust. Can we continue to afford the Republican's total faith in Big Government?] Once Romney starts pumping Iran or rekindling the War on Terror - and FOX obediently runs color coded terror alerts - the Tea Party will trade in government protest for salutations to dear leader. They will become party Apparatchiks, donning flag pins in support of Big Government's effort to save the world. Anybody who tries to protest Big Government Military Solutions will be shouted down by Tea Party functionaries. Grab some popcorn people, and watch how the republican base once again becomes a primary instrument of big government power)
"Hi, I'm from the Government and I'm here to protect you"
(Wow. How did we get here. Orwell is rolling over in his grave)
We know that the issue of National Security is coming back in 2012.
Can we afford another round of big government conservatism?
A hidden world, growing beyond control | washingtonpost.com
I predict the next Republican administration will govern from a context of "keeping America safe" from terror states. I predict Iran or some other terror state will become a major problem starting in 2013. I'm not sure what it will be - perhaps there will be an attack on domestic soil or some other form of major global instability. Regardless, something will happen to make National Security the primary issue. This is how the GOP has always governed (whereas the Dems, at least recently, focus more on domestic social issues like health care or wealth inequality)
National security will allow Romney to shift the national dialogue away from economic desperation. Since he will have trouble giving Americans jobs (because we may be stuck in the mud for a while), Romney will give the serfs "safety". This is the oldest political tool in the universe. It involves using a real threat for political ends. Postwar anti-commuism - of the McCarthy vintage - is a prime example of how a real foreign enemy is used to shape a domestic political agenda.
Does anyone else agree that Iran or some other cosmic national security threat is going to arrive with next Republican administration?
Reagan relied deeply on the Cold War to govern. Bush relied deeply on the War on Terrorism.
What enemy will president Romney or Gingrich use?
When the GOP leadership tells us of the next big threat, will republican voters question Washington, or will they trust dear leader?
My fear is that Republican trust in big-government-solutions to global security problems will once again dictate the massive deployment of taxpayer dollars. [Why do Republican voters trust government so much to solve problems?] Will the Republican base ever learn to question big government military solutions? Or will they always believe that big government can save the world form evil and make things better?
Granted: we already know the Dems trust Big Government; we know the Dems trust Washington to save the world. After all, they're the party of Government Solutions - BUT BUT BUT we so rarely admit that the GOP base tends to trust big government even more.
If government cannot be trusted to run a laundromat, why do Republicans give them the power and budget to rebuild the Arab world in our image?
If you look at the size of the Pentagon or the privacy-robbing invasiveness of Homeland Security, you realize that GOP fear over security has always grown the biggest government of all. If you don't believe me, watch the next GOP administration. The War on Terror is coming back on steroids. If you thought the first Patriot Act was an affront to freedom, you ain't seen nothing yet. [Did anyone notice how the Republican Base wasn't even allowed to question the Patriot Act? On certain issues, the Republican base is simply not allowed to question their party leaders. We didn't hear a peep from Talk Radio or FOX news on the Patriot Act. There were zero questions. The base gave Dear Leader 100% trust. Can we continue to afford the Republican's total faith in Big Government?] Once Romney starts pumping Iran or rekindling the War on Terror - and FOX obediently runs color coded terror alerts - the Tea Party will trade in government protest for salutations to dear leader. They will become party Apparatchiks, donning flag pins in support of Big Government's effort to save the world. Anybody who tries to protest Big Government Military Solutions will be shouted down by Tea Party functionaries. Grab some popcorn people, and watch how the republican base once again becomes a primary instrument of big government power)
"Hi, I'm from the Government and I'm here to protect you"
(Wow. How did we get here. Orwell is rolling over in his grave)
We know that the issue of National Security is coming back in 2012.
Can we afford another round of big government conservatism?
A hidden world, growing beyond control | washingtonpost.com
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