REPUBLICAN TRANSPARENCY

The embarrassing reactions of many Republicans to the passage of the Health Bill left little doubt in any ones mind that the current Republican Party will do anything to try to win. Their childish decorum in yelling insults and self fulfilling prophecies on the floor of the House did not look like a party dedicated to morals and high standards. The party of independence did not express one individual thought in the historic debate that night. Their loyalty was to the party, not the people.

What has happened to the Republican Party? The former strong defender of the entrepreneur and private business has ended up bankrupting the economy and begging for a government dole to survive. The Bush/Cheney administration with their "yes man" leadership mode has evidently become the party standard operating procedure. Lies and deceit (ie weapons of mass destruction, etc) appear to be the carry over weapons to regain control of the country. Politics, not the welfare of the country and its citizens, is their number one goal. Win at any cost. Democracy be damned. The will of the people (the republican people that is) must prevail to the last letter. The leadership would not even consider debating changes. They would only consider a "start over" doing things their way. They were sure that their previous tried and proven method of lies and deceit would inflict a political defeat on the Democratic Party, and that was the goal. There was little thought for the 32 million without any insurance and those who could not get insurance because of preexisting conditions. They did not want the government to reduce insurance companies profits by forcing them to pay for costs that went beyond their arbitrary limits. Their approach was to persuade those who didn't know any better that voting for health care meant voting for abortion, which was a blatant lie. "Don't let the government take over your life," they cried. (it's better to have the unregulated insurance companies determine what care will be paid for, which of course dictates what care will be given.)