PREDICTS GOP CAMPAIGN DECEIT

Steve Kornacki’s show “UP” (MSNBC) was interesting this morning with the Secretaries of the national organizations of two major political parties setting side by side. The Republican was true to form when, out of context, he awkwardly inserted the claim that Congress passed the Affordable Care Act “in the dark of night and behind closed doors”. This is such a blatant lie that even he should realize that it is a lie; the whole world watched congressional committees engage in debate after debate for over a year on prime time TV, then watched them cast their votes followed by the entire congress voting. There was nothing clandestine about it; it was what amounted to media saturation.

However, by saying what he said next, he set the tone of the coming campaign strategy for Republican candidates. Kornacki, the host displayed recent results of polls showing how unpopular both parties are with the American public. Both parties are low but the Republican Party is clearly several points worse than the Democratic Party is. With those results as background, the RNCC secretary said Republican candidates were going to campaign on the merits of individual candidates. I found this fascinating. What he was saying is that they cannot tell the truth, which is the Republican Party acts as a monolith in Washington an they will be part of that—look at the congressional voting record; they vote in lock step; thus, they do not represent the people in their districts; they represent the Republican Party. The sad truth is that Supreme Court has made it so that the economic elite control the Republican Party, which is now a virtual dictatorship.

What he s aid is that each Republican candidate will campaign on his or her individual merit but once elected will abandon that individuality and vote the way the Koch brothers tell them to vote. If the American people were to vote for them based on how they “will vote”, the polls clearly indicate that the American people would not elect them. The only way the American people will elect them is for them to be deceitful and lie. The Republican Party does not stand for one single thing the working American people want: affordable health care, stopping voter suppression, increase minimum wage, legalize unions, equal opportunity, public education, eliminating income disparity, solves the immigration crisis, protection of the environment, tax the rich, among many, many other things. They want to dazzle you into voting for a well-funded, well-dressed, good-looking Republican preaching individual rights; if you fall for that trick you will regret it! Am I worried? Yes, look at the number of people who believe that Congress passed the ACA without debate and voted on in the dark of night. 

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