So Much Damage

The speed with which Barack Hussein Obama is overturning the old order is breathtaking. Obama promised change in his campaign and is delivering almost without opposition from the Republican party who seem content to watch their nation crumble and party disintegrate, preferring to criticize radio titan Rush Limbaugh and former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, an effective and combative Republican rightist, rather than thwart Obama. Today's crop of Republican and Michael Steele would rather engage in thrust and parry with the best and brightest conservative opinion shapers than stand against the "great leveler" or offer alternative proposals. The only Obama initiative that has been blocked so far is his effort to close the Guantanamo detention facility where some of the world's most dangerous men are being held. Democrats fearing some of these terrorists might end up in their districts, voted to withhold funds to shut the prison as a not in my backyard issue and weak as water Republicans who either do not know how to peel off any Democrats or are too lazy to make the effort on any other overreach to socialism, simply went along for the ride. If Republicans are so politically neutered as to usher in the racist, leftist Sotomayor without too much carping, if they sit quietly while Obama socializes medicine, if they allow industry after industry to be nationalized, what good are they as a political party? Perhaps, it is time for the few true conservatives in Republican ranks, tired of being slapped down by their numerous Republican in name only mates, to venture out and form a true down the line conservative party.