nothing to offer but a long list of failures

Gay Marriage Amendment: In 2006, with nothing to offer but a long list of failures, GOP will return to hate in the name of Jesus by August Keso
With Republicans and Bush never less popular; Iraq about to implode; the economy limping along; illegal domestic spy programs leading to possible impeachment; Katrina's incompetent handling continuing, and Abramoff casting a long shadow over the entire Republican so-called revolution - the GOP has decided to, once again, distract the people from the real issues. Unable to take a message, or record of success to the American people in 2006, Republicans, Raw Story has learned, intend to return to their message of hate in the name of Jesus. They will offer an amendment to ban gay marriage, and on the issues that really matter, leave the people to fend for themselves.In 2006, as in 2002 and 2004, there will be no meaningful discussions about jobs, healthcare, education, deficits, and how to exit Iraq successfully. No, the Republican Party, which has failed the nation and people on every level, won't engage the most pressing and vital issues facing the country. Then again, how could they? After more than ten years of controlling the House, four leading the Senate, and five possessing the White House - what have Republicans accomplished?The answer is nothing positive, and an avalanche of detrimental and monumentally devastating results. Here is the Republican record they can't run on:1. Wiped out a budget surplus of $236 billion and instituted a crippling deficit, which currently stands at more than $8 trillion.2. Left the people of New Orleans to fend for themselves3. Sold the government -- the people's government -- to, not only Abramoff, but literally thousands of Jack Abramoffs4. Their House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, has been indicted on money laundering charges5. A Republican House member, Duke Cunningham, has pleaded guilty to bribery charges6. They tried to rip Terry Schiavo out of her deathbed, for cheap political gain7. Bush's Pentagon, FBI, and NSA have spied on innocent Americans like the Quakers and people who don't eat meat - all of it done illegally8. They lied the nation to war in Iraq and have spent more than $228 billion to date, fighting that war9. They've completely lost control of the war in Iraq, and the only people that have benefited are the Shia radicals and Halliburton, which has received almost $11 billion for services including knowingly providing the troops with tainted water10. Their foreign policy has resulted in Iran returning to its fundamentalist, insane Islamic roots and Hamas winning elections in Palestine11. They've cut college education loans, so they could give tax-cuts of more than $12 billion to oil and energy corporations who've amassed the largest financial gains in recorded history - all by over-charging the American consumer12. They've made it impossible for the average working American to file bankruptcy when medical bills and lost jobs force them into poverty, but allowed the wealthiest to continue bankruptcy revolving door opportunities13. They've destroyed Medicare14. Paid journalists to write propaganda, so they can trick the people into going along with their failed policies15. They've destroyed FEMA, which by all accounts, under Clinton and Democrats, had been the governments crowning jewel16. According to the Pentagon's own report, Bush and Republicans have shattered the US military17. Three years on, and Bush and Republicans have yet, to get armor to the troops in Iraq18. Usama bin-Laden still thumbs his nose at Bush19. While the wealthiest in America have experienced record profits and increased wages, working family's wages have fallen. 20. Six million Americans have lost health insurance since Bush and Republicans have gained powerYes, that is the true list of Republican "accomplishments," so with nothing to offer, not one single successful program or plan; they bring America more division, more hate, and more distractions from the Republican miserably failed record - they offer a gay marriage amendment. How pathetic!Though the Democrats won't be smart enough or courageous enough to do it, the Party response to this latest Republican plan of hate and division should be, "Just as soon as Frist, Hastert, Bush, and Blunt show us how this gay marriage amendment will create one single job, lower by one-cent the cost of healthcare, make one school better, or prevent the death of one more US military person in Iraq - we'll gladly sign onto the their pathetic gay marriage amendment. Until then - not only no, but HELL NO!"
Copyright © 2005 Progressive Daily BeaconPlease contact editor@progressivedailybeacon.com with any questions or comments