Do Republicans believe in (a small d) democracy?
Perhaps the first rule of politics is “winning.” But is that the first rule of a country that calls itself a democracy?
I don’t think so. And I also don’t think that Republicans give a rat’s ass as to how they win. Just so long as they win.
Look at how many states have “laws,” “rules,” “restrictions” as to who gets to vote and what they need to do so. In every case, it’s Republicans who are scamming the process and doing everything possible to keep Democrats from voting. (Note that Democrats don't do this.)
During this century alone, we’ve seen Republicans who inhabited the White house. But did they actually “win” that privilege?
In 2000, George W. Bush was appointed president by a corrupt Supreme Court.
In 2004, we once again saw George W. Bush inhabit the White House due to an obvious theft of the vote in Ohio. (Google it.)
In 2016, we saw an election stolen by the Russians and FBI Director James Comey.
Bush/Cheney’s stolen elections got us stuck in a Mideast quagmire that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and still continues.
Trump’s illegitimate election has put us under the rule of a know-nothing, dangerous fool who just might kick off a nuclear war with North Korea.
And the Republican Party doesn’t give a fuck. As long as it keeps them in power. As long as it lets them cut their own taxes and those of their donors. As long as they can screw the American people out of virtually all the basic individual rights that most civilized countries take for granted.
Do Republicans believe in democracy?
I don’t think so.
Does the Republican Party deserve to be thrown on the dust heap of history?
I think it does.
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