I’ve seen a number of stories about several things the Republicans are doing that are indicative of a creepy stealth operation on Americans. One creepy thing is the effort of three GOP Senators to repeal the 17th Amendment, another is the effort by several states to require photo ID’s for voters when they vote and then there is the general creepiness of the GOP into everyone's sex lives. More about these in a moment but first I want to talk about Romney and his white board.
I think it was very telling in the picture above that on the Romney side he wrote “No Change” and “Solvent” in talking about Medicare. Romney is doing the old back stepping he’s done for years on this program. Of course Medicare would change under Romney because he wants to eliminate any monetary support for it by giving tax cuts to his wealthy buddies. Buy more disturbing is his “Solvent” note under his name. There is no way that can happen with what he is proposing. Again Romney talks in broad terms and provides no meat. Trust me he says, I know what I’m talking about. Good because I don’t.
Now back to the GOP creep.
So now to make their presence even bigger in Congress, three Senators are proposing that the 17th amendment be repealed. The 17th amendment is the one that lets the people of the States elect their own Senators. These GOP Senators want to repeal that and have the State Governors “appoint” Senators. So with more Republican Governors the GOP will have a stronger hold on the Senate. Lovely!
Then there is the laws being put forward in Ohio, Pennsylvania and possibly Florida that requires voters to show a picture ID when going to the polls. Since many that tend to vote Democrat may not have a drivers’ license, the laws will discourage them from voting hence increasing the number of people who vote Republican. Sneaky!
And of course there is the actions of the Virginia legislature to require a trans-vaginal ultrasound for a woman that wants an abortion. The procedure is totally unnecessary medically but the GOP hopes that if they can make it more difficult to get an abortion, women will do the Christian thing and have the baby only to find she can’t feed it because she can’t earn enough as a maid in some Republican’s mansion.
Then there is the idiot Todd Akin, a Republican congressman running for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri. Akin seems to know a lot about how the female body works, especially when the woman is raped, in that he claims that if it’s a “legitimate rape” the female body won’t allow the woman to get pregnant. Where do these idiots come from?
Little by little the GOP is tearing this country apart by being so stupid, especially about abortion. They want to do everything to protect the unborn but have no issue starting wars (hence killings our folks and foreigners), not providing for the welfare of the sick and elderly (unless you have lots of money), and letting poor people die early because they are, well poor. These folks – the Republicans – are sick! Think about it.