"The Era of "Clown-ism"

It hasn't been a week since the Republican Party began serving as the majority in the House of Representatives and they already look absolutely befuddled.

For example, some elected members of the GOP are choosing to fund-raise instead of attending the official swearing in of the newly elected. Other members are reading the cliff note version of the U.S. Constitution and clearly do not understand the concept of its meaning. The Speaker of the House is boldly challenging, without any merit, the Office of Management and Budget when the non-partisan department factually announced that the GOP's crusade to repeal health care will increase the nation's deficit to the tune of $230,000,000,000. Factor in the mix of the members of the Tea Party and you get a weird warping version of the blind leading the hysterically blind.

This week the Republican Party appeared to look dazed and confused like a duck hit with a rock. This is not a party with many (if any) intelligent, insightful, and innovative members dedicated to building a Republic with a robust infrastructure. Yes! There was a time when the GOP had members that served the will of their constituents and they also knew that "corporations were not people." Today's "conservative" party resembles a lost episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

The Tea/Republican Party members love saying, "The American People spoke by voting them in." An area that these folks have mastered is motivating "weak-minded" Americans to go on shooting rampages and the art of mendacity. Most Americans didn't vote and some of us are all too familiar that when voter turnout on an election day is low--the GOP is a position to be victorious. Stop saying the American people spoke on November 2 by electing you. It’s not true and it’s also pathetic.

Until the citizenry finally cast their fears aside and elect officials at all levels of government that will provide opportunities for every American--The era of "clown-ism" will continue to infect what's left of our floundering democratic society.


"Progressives will bring balance to the Republic."
Anthony P. Johnson