Tea Party/Republican's 2012 Presidential Election Insidious Maneuvers Underway
The Presidential Election Campaign Season is "just around the corner" and Republicans and Tea Party are wasting no time in setting the stage. The fact they don't have their constituents' best interests in mind is quite evident with the bills and shenanigans they pull in Congress. But this is no mistake, they are adept at diversion.
Take the diversions of real issues for instance. We Americans are hungry for jobs and were promised relief of high unemployment by the incoming Republicans and Tea Party in this past election. Even Republican John Boehner asked/asks, "Where are the jobs?" in regards to any policy the current administration passed/passes, as if Obama was ignoring the matter altogether. But now after gaining control of the House and expanding power in the Senate, Republicans and the Tea Party have given a number of social and cultural issues, completely unrelated to job creation, center stage.
For example: Slashing abortion rights, defunding planned parenthood, dismantling NPR and PBS, investigating American Muslims, declaring English as the Official Language, and not to forget, reaffirming the "In God We Trust" motto.
Take for instance: Scott Walker and trying to undercut unions, Snyder passing a policy where martial law could be declared in "economic emergencies", Dennis Daugaard passing an abortion bill to require pregnant women to visit anti-abortion clinics before seeing doctor.
The list goes on, and more often than not, these diversions from real constituent issues occur where Republicans and/or the Tea Party won in 2010. This diversion is not coincidence; nor is it addressing the issues the people want addressed. These diversions are setting the stage for the Presidential Election of 2012.
Republicans and the Tea Party have only one goal -- lower taxes on the elite rich and the largest corporations. Period. This goal as a party platform doesn't poll very well so they need to disguise it. How? Talk about topics that don't pertain to real American problems, like jobs, infrastructure, manufacturing, foreign policy, healthcare, prescription drug costs, nuclear power plant safety, etc, etc, etc. But instead talk about abortion, "In God We Trust", public programs like NPR and PBS; you know, all the "important" issues of today. What about the issues that actually help put bread on the tables of Americans? Forget about it.
In short, they will 'wag the dog' at any expense. All I hope is the American audience is smart enough to realize these diversions are mere stage-setters for the puppet show that's to come next year. I truly believe we Americans are waking up to the reality of phony politicians and the greedy lengths they will go to acquire more donations to their campaigns.