Consequence of Democratic Win? Maybe No More Fear..

Max Power, Yahoo! Contributor Network
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In his article "Consequences of a Democratic Victory," Greg Reeson uses the only weapon left in the Republican arsenal - fear - to try to dissuade people from voting for Democrats. In this counterpoint article, I will list every one of Reeson's points and refute it.

I've italicized and bolded his points because that's how they should be read, with terror in the voice.

There will be rampant investigations into torture, Hurricane Katrina response, etc.!!!!!

And this is different than what Republicans did the last twelve years because...? Remember the billions of dollars we spent investigating every single action Bill Clinton did before and during his Presidency? It was insane! There was a 6-year witch-hunt to ruin the man and his wife. Are they clean? No, they are politicians, but the level of waste just to be vindictive was extraordinary.

And as for torture and Hurricane Katrina, don't you think that government wrongdoings should be investigated? Since when is having trials, investigations, and courts of law when there is significant evidence of crime and misdeed being committed? Which would you rather have, Greg Reeson, the "ugly" reality of politics exposed or the corrupt Congress to continue? The rule of law says the massive amount of misdeeds the last few terms should be investigated to the fullest and the culprits should be tried and expelled from our Congress if guilty.

There would be an impeachment attempt against Bush!!!

First, evidence would have to solidify that Bush did something truly worthy of "high crime," but here's a cliché for you: what goes around comes around. The investigation and impeachment of Bill Clinton was a ridiculous affair. His activity had nothing to do with his job function, and our Representatives knew that quite well, but they proceeded with their vindictive, anti-American behavior anyway.

If Bush is impeached on a flimsy legal issue, chalk it up as a political lesson that you shouldn't do that stuff in the first place, that you shouldn't let power corrupt your senses, because it will come back and bite you in the rear.

America would withdraw from Iraq!!!

Considering that on a monthly basis more people tire of the silly war that never should have been started and that major military authorities have said we're doing more harm there than good, I'm not sure this is a bad thing. The primary job of the Congress is not to worry about the "fragile Iraqi government" or the Presidents misguided ideology. The job of the Congress is to represent the American people, and the American people overwhelmingly want us to quit this charade of bullcrap.

And while we're on this, and speaking of investigations, I'd like the new Congress to look into why the President was misusing the CIA in 2002-03 in order to swing the intelligence.

There would be an economic downturn!!!

Greg Reeson wants us to oppose repealing the Bush tax cuts and resist raising taxes on the rich because "they're the ones who do the investing and spur the economy." Guess what, Greg, that's because they're the ones who have the money! Under Republican power, wealth disparity in the United States has increased drastically (and crime and poverty have risen with them). The only thing that happens these days when the economists tell you that the markets are going up is that the rich are getting richer and almost everyone else loses.

Sometimes, you have to raise taxes to cover government funds like, you know, the massive and rising debt the free-spending Republicans have accelerated. Having permanent tax cuts is not only irresponsible and only beneficial to the rich, it's just plain stupid and decries any sense of logic.

Government spending will increase!!!

In case you haven't noticed, Greg Reeson, government spending has skyrocketed under the present regime. In fact, it's risen at a much faster rate than it ever did when any previous Democratic congress was in power. Worse, the Republicans promised fiscal responsibility, and it turns out they have less. And you want to keep them in power because...?

The Republican Congress has done the following in the last twelve years: made our economic situation worse, refused to investigate its own members, gave the President an uninvestigated green light to invade a sovereign country without adequate cause, increased wealth disparity, launched an irrational impeachment campaign, refused to address other significant and looming problems (immigration, for one), increased anti-Americanism around the globe, and they have lost focus in the War on Terror.

What have they given us? Debt, scandal, a feigning of the traditional check on Presidential power, and a whole volume of propaganda. Oh, and I forgot...

Fear, fear, fear... elect us or you'll all be poor and die. We're scandalous free-spending hypocrites but if you don't vote for us, those other guys will let the terrorists bomb us like hell and they'll be a depression and your dog is going to die and you'll have 2 years of bad hair and...

Oh, just knock it off. I think a very man once said exactly what America has to fear, and it certainly ain't the Democratic party.

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