US politics: The Political Dilemma

The anger in contemporary politics interferes with the well-being of our nation and the American people.

I am an old style Republican, the kind that believes you should be able to put aside politics and work for the good of the community at-large. While I don't agree with the current extremist liberals in charge, I also don't agree with the contemporary Republicans, a.k.a., Tea Partiers who believe their extremism is the way to function.

In short, there is too much extremism in government and in our daily lives and we need to move towards the middle, to work in the best interests of the community. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening any time soon for either party and I believe it is the 2-party system that has failed Americans; that and too much regulation and also extremist corporate zeal for profiteering above all else.

I remain hopeful that it will change, but it just seems to get worse. And people like you with your hatred towards one party just isn't helpful to anyone. I wish you would see that and use your anger as a tool to change things, to work together to form a middle ground of cooperation. - See more at: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/author-commentator-announces-gop-candidacy-for-gov/nbJj4/#sthash.sqhZOvrH.dpuf

I am an old style Republican, the kind that believes you should be able to put aside politics and work for the good of the community at-large. While I don't agree with the current extremist liberals in charge, I also don't agree with the contemporary Republicans, a.k.a., Tea Partiers who believe their extremism is the way to function.

In short, there is too much extremism in government and in our daily lives and we need to move towards the middle, to work in the best interests of the community. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening any time soon for either party and I believe it is the 2-party system that has failed Americans; that and too much regulation and also extremist corporate zeal for profiteering above all else.

I remain hopeful that it will change, but it just seems to get worse. And people like you with your hatred towards one party just isn't helpful to anyone. I wish you would see that and use your anger as a tool to change things, to work together to form a middle ground of cooperation. - See more at: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/author-commentator-announces-gop-candidacy-for-gov/nbJj4/#sthash.TXdqmz0r.dpuf

A few words on Ted Cruz...

In my opinion, Ted Cruz is the defacto hero of the Tea Party crumpets and NOT the true Republican conservatives who don’t like him, but have taken a backseat to the Tea Baggers.  Cruz does well with extremist voters, especially those in Texas and other red states who are extremist in their view of being conservative republicans.  Rand Paul is an extremist Libertarian, not a Republican.

I think the result of having Cruz and others like him trying to take over the party is that there is a huge split in the Republican Party that most likely will hurt it in 2016, unless the party as a whole can form a cohesive unit around one candidate for President who is not an extremist.

I don’t know if the party will be able to do that, but it will be interesting to watch what happens.  Currently, red states do not have the majority electoral or popular votes as may be seen from the last Presidential election results.  Lucky us!

For a guy who is a double Ivy League college graduate, Cruz seems to be a fairly erratic and stupid man.  Instead of fighting the real battles, he chooses to manipulate people into focusing on what he wants them to.  Some of his disturbed focal points are that:

• Obama bad, Cruz good
• Obama-care bad, but he provides no positive replacement for it
• Cruz wants to be at the top of the party, but he is impatient and doesn’t want to play nice and take the usual steps to get there
• Cruz is loud, antagonistic and aggressive in his style
• Cruz is an attorney who does not want to play by the rules, only his own set of rules
• He attracts unintelligent, self-involved and aggressive people, maybe even grandiose people like himself.

Ted Cruz is a detriment to the Republican Party and to American citizens.  I think the majority of people see that, but that doesn’t make Cruz any less dangerous to our way of life.   He will continue to be a thorn in the side of the Republican Party and in time he may burn himself out of contention.  

If extremism becomes more of the Republican Party instead of true conservatism that the party was originally built on, true conservatives may leave the party or the Tea Party may become a real separate party onto itself.

Rick Perry Marches On... to a 3rd Special Session

Rick Perry is demanding a 3rd Special Session.  Each of these cost taxpayers a minimum of $2 million.  It's amazing that we can't find money to finance public education, reduce property taxes or to build roadways, but Perry sure has enough money to piss it away on his not-so Special Sessions.

And it's not the first time Perry wastes our tax dollars on not-so Special Sessions.  Maybe 8 years ago he called for 3 Special Sessions to try to get a controversial redistricting map approved.  It never happened and finally the courts determined a map that has been batted around in the legislature and the courts to this day.

In fact, Perry has wasted more of our tax dollars on not-so Special Sessions than any previous Texas Governor.  We need to point that out to the American people when Perry begins his Presidential run, among all his other idiosyncrasies that could further destroy our nation.

A major issue that many people in Texas don't seem to understand is that those in charge of the GOP here are NOT the majority of the party. They are extremists, not the core of the Party.

While I have been a Republican since the Eisenhower administration, back in the 1950's, I am not in synch with the current GOP in Texas. The Tea Party appears to be in charge here, at least for a short time, but I believe the majority of Republicans are not on the same platform.

Consequently, there is a schism in the GOP of its members and that is a big reason why the Party can't pass bills, bonds, what have you, easily.

I believe that very soon there will be a coup within the Texas GOP. It has to happen because the GOP as it is today is useless. Most of what it tries to do is unconstitutional, so because of this, the Party then tries to add amendments to change the laws to permit its absurd direction.

At best, the Texas GOP is ineffective.  At worst, it is a corrupt and cancerous tumor.