GOP Bailout Plan

Cracker - From Teen angst (what the world needs now)

"I don't know what the world may need,
but I'm sure as hell that is starts with me.
And that's a wisdom,
I've laughed at."

I caught some news today. I've been trying to avoid it because it annoys me. The main subject was the GOP(Republicans) and what they need to do to 're-invent' themselves. Everyone has weighed in; Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, William F. Buckley's son (That's how they kept referring to him as) and other talking heads.

That reminds me. What makes these guys experts? None of them actually work. I mean, do these wealthy predominately white men really have any clue what 'Joe the Plumber' really worries about? Do they know what it feels like to juggle a budget between house payment, car payment, school clothes, health insurance (that one usually gets left out) food, braces, and all the stuff that he has to buy for school since schools can't afford the stuff we used to just get.

Do they live with the dejected look in your child's eyes when you explain to them that you can't get something they need because it's not in the budget? Or that their birthday will not quite be the social event they imagined since you've got about $10 to cover the cake and present combined?

Of course, now we have tech in classes and we have to spend a LOT of money on security because kids can't act right but that's another rant. My experience with public school recently caused me to pull my kids out. The teachers spend more time dealing with discipline than they do education. My kids were coming home with a days worth of schoolwork. What did they do in school?

So what does the GOP need to do to reinvent itself? What do all politicians need to do in my opinion? It's called integrity. It means do what you say, say what you do.

Live the way you espouse others to. According to the laws which you pass. Do things because they are right not because it is politically expedient.

Spend time actually representing the people who voted you into office instead of immediately building your war chest for re-election.

Take away the perk of getting a forever pension for a part-time job. That way you might actually have to work for a change. You might have to live with the mess you leave behind. You might lose your life savings to your cronies who screwed up corporate America.

You might grow a freakin' conscience!

This rant is not just for the Grand Old Party. It's for all the politicians we have. Where are the statesmen? Set aside what will get you and your greedy little bastard buddies rich and do the right thing.

REPRESENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! YOU WORK FOR US NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!

GET YOUR HANDS OUT OF MY POCKET BEFORE YOU LOSE SOMETHING.