Republicans are the party of “no.”
And I include myself in this party. However, it has recently come to my attention just how much we are a party of “no” and seemingly nothing else.
President Obama brought up that very topic in his State of the Union address in late January. And it was probably at that point that I first really gave thought to the matter. Democrats come up with bills and Republicans simply shoot them down — or anymore, attempt to shoot them down and fail miserably thanks to their limited presence in Washington.
Since Republicans won’t create their own thought-through bills, they just end up vetoing everything the Democrats come up with. Sure, I have been in agreement with Republican representatives in the major battles in Washington. But in the meantime, they are failing to produce anything noteworthy. Republicans stood unanimously against the March health bill (which would tell Washington something when not a single Republican votes ‘yes’). Republicans are fighting the finance bill, which Democrats just announced today they will be pushing in a united front. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/business/26regulate.html?hp
Under the Obama administration, Democrats have accused Republicans of just saying no to everything. And the saddest part is that they’re right. It’s time that Republicans started stepping up and devising reasonable initiatives.
As far as the Health Care bill is concerned, Republicans did provide an alternative bill but Democrats wouldn't even listen to them and would accept none of it. You can say the Republicans are a party of "no", but you have to ask what are they saying no to? What I have seen is unconstitutional "reform" that brings the US more and more to look like a socialist state. But I do agree with you that Republicans need to bring more to the table, the Democrats just need to let us.
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