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Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Once upon a time in American politics, there were things called “wedge issues,” and they generally terrified Democrats. They were mostly social and cultural issues: abortion, feminism, gay rights, illegal immigration and race. Conservatives wielded them to divide working-class Democrats. Wedge issues helped elect Ronald Reagan to the presidency and dozens of Republicans to Congress. And now they aren’t working anymore. Or, more precisely, they’re not working for the GOP. They’re helping the Democrats instead. Take immigration, long a favorite wedge wielded by Republicans to rally white voters. Last week, the downside of that strategy was on display as Hispanic ...
Doyle McManus is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
Republicans would have us believe that wanting to take the country back to the 1950s makes them Eisenhower Republicans. Doesn't work!
Republican OBSTRUCTIONISM has given the voting citizen the mental image of UNcompromising and one-sided governance (the ol' "My way or the highway" attitude). Too many Republicans have taken their faith and religion into their politics (where there should be "...separation of Church and State"), and have drawn the line in the sand and took their unwavering, even self-righteous stand. By behaving this way, they have effectively alienated WOMEN, the working class, and minorities who have to live in an imperfect world daily in their lives.
As an American women, over a half century old, I have lived through the Civil Rights Movement, the Women's Liberation Movement, and even helped change the voting age from 21 to 18 years old. You cannot legislate morality, and the Republican Party has over the years, evolved into a party that co-mingles Church and State, and are like political and religious zealeots and/or bullies instead of a party that represents the political/governance interests of the Citizens of the United States of America.
I love my country, but am truly ashamed of its politicians.
Blessings and Peace,
Star