If this had been a Republican wave year, as the media has been trumpeting ad infinitum, the G.O.P. would have wrapped this whole thing up long ago. Instead, the race for control of the Senate is almost as tight as it can be, and Republican governors elected in 2010 are almost surely going to be defeated, if we believe other pundits.
The only wave to be seen is in the U.S. House where a number of gerry-mandering schemes have tilted the scales toward Republican control for several years now.
Think what a Republican Congress would mean:
* Threats of government shut-down likely, resulting in real government paralysis with a loss of U.S. credit and prestige around the world
* Increased efforts to end Social Security as we know it, threatening both current and future retirees
* Legislation to stop the Affordable Health Care program and return us to a lone-ranger form of health care where the wealthy thrive and the sick falter and die
* Weakening or elimination of environmental laws leading to newly-fouled streams and even dirtier air
* A reversal of efforts to under-gird and support alternative-energy sources
* Opposition to any court nominees who don't pass the litmus test of the Tea Partiers
... and much more. Of course with a Democratic President in office the threat of a veto looms, and a closely-divided Senate could hardly expect to marshal very many, if any, veto over-rides.
Thus, the biggest concern would be governmental paralysis at a very dangerous time in national and world affairs. We simply cannot afford such a situation.
If you are a conservative, vote for the most conservative Democrat you can or simply don't vote in that race. Whatever you do, don't vote for any Republican politician -- he or she is simply too close to big-money power interests.
The choice is yours. This truly is an election of extreme importance. As Harry Truman said, Vote for Yourself!**
** And, thankfully, a vote along these lines is also a vote for our dear country and all those living in it.
The only wave to be seen is in the U.S. House where a number of gerry-mandering schemes have tilted the scales toward Republican control for several years now.
Think what a Republican Congress would mean:
* Threats of government shut-down likely, resulting in real government paralysis with a loss of U.S. credit and prestige around the world
* Increased efforts to end Social Security as we know it, threatening both current and future retirees
* Legislation to stop the Affordable Health Care program and return us to a lone-ranger form of health care where the wealthy thrive and the sick falter and die
* Weakening or elimination of environmental laws leading to newly-fouled streams and even dirtier air
* A reversal of efforts to under-gird and support alternative-energy sources
* Opposition to any court nominees who don't pass the litmus test of the Tea Partiers
... and much more. Of course with a Democratic President in office the threat of a veto looms, and a closely-divided Senate could hardly expect to marshal very many, if any, veto over-rides.
Thus, the biggest concern would be governmental paralysis at a very dangerous time in national and world affairs. We simply cannot afford such a situation.
If you are a conservative, vote for the most conservative Democrat you can or simply don't vote in that race. Whatever you do, don't vote for any Republican politician -- he or she is simply too close to big-money power interests.
The choice is yours. This truly is an election of extreme importance. As Harry Truman said, Vote for Yourself!**
** And, thankfully, a vote along these lines is also a vote for our dear country and all those living in it.
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