A provocative statement, you may say, in stating Republicans are cowards. Perhaps. But, all evidence aside to prove my argument, there can be no other conclusion made about the current state of affairs in the Republican Party. As soon as it became official that President Obama had been reelected, Speaker of the House, John Boehner, was basically laying the framework for terms of surrender. He felt that the fiscal cliff issue could be dealt with, the debt ceiling, gun control and, of course, illegal immigration. Since the election, Obama has been setting the tone of what will be the "Crisis of the Month" in order to get his way. Perhaps Republicans are wary of Obama issuing more executive orders. That is another bone of contention. How can Republicans sit idly by when he basically took immigration away from Congress by allowing the so-called "Dreamers" to stay and go to school at U.S. Taxpayer expense? Was there even a lawsuit filed or injunction filed to fight the President on this by Republicans? To my knowledge, no, Republicans did nothing. On the Fiscal Cliff deal, Republicans gave Obama 90% of all he asked for in that fight. The Debt Ceiling is an ongoing battle. Republicans are showing no real leadership in dealing with the most Left-wing President this nation has ever known. Obama's out of control spending will haunt this country for decades, long after he and all his merry henchmen in the Democratic Party are out of office. Then there is "comprehensive immigration reform" (CIR) aka Amnesty.
After the November elections, Republicans recoiled in terror over the idea of Obama getting 70% of the hispanic vote. Democrats have always done well in this voting bloc. They always will. So, cowards that they are, instead of standing on principle and the rule of law, Republicans are now becoming Democrats on the idea of CIR. Hispanics have been voting in record numbers each time since the Reagan Amnesty in the mid-80s. There were promises of border enforcement then also. So, Republicans have this idea, if we give hispanics ANOTHER amnesty, maybe they will start voting for them. Not a chance in hell that will ever happen. Hispanics are disproportionately low-income and disproportionately likely to receive some form of government support. More than half of hispanics are born out of wedlock. In short, they resemble most of the voting blocs that have helped Democrats for decades now. They will never vote for someone who wants smaller government and less welfare. Those are facts that neither Republicans or Democrats want to talk about. Now, it would be wrong to say ALL hispanics are generational welfare recipients who live off the government dole. But, the main point here is that the majority of hispanics will never vote Republican. It is sheer fantasy to think they ever will. Republicans must know this. So, why don't they say they want the current immigration laws enforced instead of dealing with another amnesty? Because people like John Boeher, Eric Cantor et all, are all cowards. They refuse to stand up for principles of the Republican Party. Instead they want to beome the Democrats alter ego now.
Twenty years from now, if someone wants to trace the total demise, the irrelevancy of the GOP, they can go back to November 7, 2012. On that day, Republicans grew a giant yellow streak. Instead of being the party that stood for the rule of law, instead of a party of principle, let it be remembered the Republican Party decided that for their own self interests, it would be better to be Democrat-lite than be what the Republicans were known to be about at one time; less government, less taxes, more freedom. Neither party cares about the American people. It is time we all understand that.
