REPUBLICANS FAIL AGAIN

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This is by no means an endorsement of the policies of the Democratic Party.  But, the Republicans have screwed up again big time and they need to be called on the carpet for it.  

They made two dumb moves.  One was in December when they allowed the Democrats to back them into a corner where they could be perceived as wanting to increase taxes on Americans for failing to extend the payroll tax cut.  Then, they tried to weanie out of the predicament by going along with a two-month extension.  They surely looked like dumb clucks over that brilliant  maneuver.  

In a magnificent display of political acumen, they then proceeded to initiate an extension of the payroll tax cut that did not pay for itself.  They robbed future Social Security benefits of the income that should be there to protect those benefits.  That means the general fund is going to have to make up the difference at some point, or benefits will be cut or Social Security scrapped altogether.  You and I know they will dig further into our coffers and scrape up the money for it and the deficit will go up again.  

In short, they played the same political games that the Democrats have been playing and they did it with downright aplomb.  Why didn't they insist on cutting spending someplace to make up for it?  Why didn't they glom on to some of those billions of dollars in savings Obama is going to create in the defense budget?    No, they were too focused on making themselves look like total idiots to see the forest through the trees.  

I am sorry for this situation we are in.  Neither political party is worth a hoot.  I am sorry the Tea Parties did not morph into a political party; even if they do so now, it's too late to make any difference this election season.  Our country is in a horrible corner and it seems there is no one out there capable of leading us out of it.  Certainly, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have any interest in doing so. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.