Why Are Republicans So Out Of Touch?
Hi there bBerean. Hope all is good where you are.
By calling the OP statement an “assumptive question,” you are confirming the OP is closer to reality then you think. The OP statement contains the same question many Republicans and journalist have been asking since last November.
ABC News March 20, 2012 -
Republicans Need to Admit They Are Out of Touch
“The growth of minorities (especially Latinos and Asians), the increasing rise of a more secular population, the dissatisfaction of younger voters with Republicans, and women being a must-win voter group is spelling huge concern for the RNC and its candidates….
“Republicans need to enunciate values, a message, and policies that fit where America is today…
“Republican leaders need to have a 21st century conservative agenda and vision…
“The Republican brand and many of its candidates are seen as intolerant throwbacks to a time gone by and not compassionate to where people are in their lives. Their agenda just seems like a retread of a vision and policies from 30 years ago…
“Many Republican candidates and what the party stands for are totally out of sync with the majority of America…” {1}
You know, bBerean, the fact that so many Republicans do not know they are out of touch with today’s electorate might just show just how far they are!
BTW, I never have stopped beating my wife but thanks for asking.
{1} http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/rep … d=18766248
Howdy Wayne. Good to see ya.
You must not realize it, Wayne, but you just proved to the OP just how far out of touch with reality many Americans are. Merely suggesting this is a failure on the part of the president is absurd. If you check it out, the president is required by law to submit budget recommendations to congress and he has done that every year without exception. {1}
Now that we have established that the President has done his job, let us take a look at the congress (not the President) that has the responsibility to draft a functional budget. “In Congress, the House and Senate have budget committees tasked with creating concurrent budget resolutions, using the president’s budget as a guide… The legislation they draft is for Congressional use only: it doesn't go to the President, it isn't law, it just helps Congress keep its budgetary ducks in a row.” {2}
Because some elements in the congress have reduced it to a shamefully dysfunctional assembly, our elected congresspersons have devised “Continuing Resolutions” to make an end run around the budget process. (Sorry Wayne, but they have nothing to do with the president either.) The last real, full federal budget that was signed into law in this country was 1997 under Bill Clinton. {3} There is no point hanging President Bush for this since he is no more to blame than President Obama.
Good to hear from you Wayne. I always learn something from your posts.
{1} http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter … ss-budget/
{2} Ibid
{3} http://prospect.org/article/does-congre … ass-budgetYou are so right, Wayne. The House has sent three bills to repeal Obamacare in its entirely and 37, count them Wayne, 37 bills to repeal parts of the ACA. Now why would the Republican House want to waste its own time and the resources of the Senate on bills they know will not survive? “Boehner explained [at the time] that he was holding the vote again because new members had been asking for the opportunity to vote on repeal.” {1} Duh?
Just another example of a dysfunctional Congress.
{1} http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/16/house … are-again/
Making sure all citizens have guns and no citizens have abortions.
That's a helluva a party platform.
Other than that, today's GOP Congress is a giant black hole.
It defines itself as existing to solely to thwart everything the President tries to accomplish.
Maybe they think if they say "No!!!" often enough (e.g., 37 votes to repeal Obamacare)
the country will be magically teleported back in time to 1951.
Good luck with that, McFly.Do not presume, my friend, that I have forgotten because I have not. You still think the President is responsible. Clearly, Wayne, you do not understand how the budget process works in Congress. What is worse, you seem unaware of what has been going on in Washington. Never the less, I am happy you brought up the subject of congress voting on a budget since it is, after all, their responsibility, not the president’s, to adopt one.
After Obama submitted his fiscal year 2013 budget proposal on Feb. 13, 2012, House Republicans put it up for a floor vote. The bill was defeated when all Republicans in the house voted against it. Your claim that President Obama has not had his budget recommendations voted upon is pure fiction. {1}
I urge you to read endnote {1} because it contains a great deal of information.
A year earlier, in a classic case of political theater, the republicans in the Senate called for vote on the President’s Budget Recommendations knowing every Democrat in the Senate would vote against. You see Wayne, the President and Senate Democrats had drafted a replacement for the original Budget Recommendation as part of a deficit-reduction plan. Republican leaders demanded a vote on Obama’s budget hoping people like you would think that Democrats do not support any detailed budget submitted by the president. Clearly, they convinced you but it is a lie.
Actually, Wayne, the budget process is a congressional responsibility shared jointly by both the Senate and the House but the document does not become law. Like all budgets, it is an operating plan intended to serve as a guide for appropriations, which are controlled by the Republican dominated House. You are trying to make a major issue out of a minor document. Congress has been using “Continuing Resolutions” to manage national finances for over a decade.
I am sorry, Wayne, but I have neither the time nor the inclination to address all of the new subjects in your post. You have introduced issues that go far beyond our dialog. Some other thread perhaps.
{1} http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter … ss-budget/
Why would any president, Republic, Democrat or any other party, resign under such circumstances?
Investigations aren't even completed.
No formal charges have been levied on anyone.
Resign on what basis?
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Definitely, the Constitution. Logic and reason, might be a blue sky request if you know what I mean
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