The Bush presidency squandered Clinton's budget surplus, cut taxes on the rich and spent like a drunken sailor on war. In 2008, they exposed the entire conservative philosophy of fiscal responsibility as a fraud. What did they do to stay in power? They rebranded the most radical wing of their party as the Tea Party as *fiscally responsible* and then they opened the floodgates for Ayn Randian, Libertarian corporate overlords like the Koch Brothers and Grover Norquist to pour millions into Tea Party candidates campaigning on lower taxes and deficit reduction.
They claimed they were bipartisan and not interested in social issues, just jobs, jobs, jobs. After they took over the House in 2010, they promptly forgot about creating jobs and worked hand in hand with the GOP, banning abortion, demonizing gays, and denigrating women, attacking minorities, redefining rape and overturning Obamacare at the behest of the insurance industry. They lost 2012 elections but 2010 gerrymandering victories kept the House under GOP control. The extremism and general ignorance of the Tea Party has tarnished its brand so horribly that Tea Party groups are shying away from the brand "Tea Party." What will they do to stay in power? They will simply rebrand themselves. The "National Liberty Federation," as reported in the Palm Beach Post in one such attempt. Don't be fooled again folks, these are the exact same Libertarian ideologues intent on making the rich richer, the poor poorer and gutting social security and Medicare, all under the guise of fiscal responsibility. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/local-tea-parties-regroup-after-election-tax-deal-/nTwN6/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > Ah, no big deal! And jeepers, what a great legacy he will leave behind. (How > sad for America, and the world.) >
