The Disenfranchisement of the Republican Party

The Disenfranchisement of the Republican Party

The Stimulus bill passed the House without a single Republican vote.  This Quixotic Republican lockstep obstructionist behavior should alarm all of us.  It suggests that there is an unseen and unelected political boss that controlled the voting behavior of every one of our Republican Congressional officials - in effect, disenfranchising our entire Republican Congressional delegation.  Frankly, we need our Republican Congressmen and women to rise above the control of this unseen puppeteer, whoever he is.  The American people need all of their Congressman and women to do their job.  

There are 300-million unique people in this country – all of us different – but we have found ourselves in a situation where our thoughts and actions are often described by one of two labels: Conservative or Liberal.  Come on America!  We’re more complicated than that.  We shouldn’t have to choose one ideology of only two every single time we vote for a Representative.  Wouldn’t our Government work far better if our Republican Congressmen and women were allowed to freely cast their vote based on their own unique experience and value set?

We need at least two political parties in this country, and this Republican insistence on a lock-step march into irrelevance does not bode well for any of us. 

John Galish

Brunswick, OH