The craziness in republican candidates. Why the GOP is the Party of "Elmer Gantry", "The Great Gatsby" and "The Scarlett Letter".

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The Republicans or Great Old Party GOP is today no more than a party of opposition and negativity and has nothing to do with Governance, the art of good Government. They are only hyper critics without an intelligent platform.

Nothing is easier and more comfortable than being a critic -- An armchair fool criticizing everything that the President does or tries to do. Nothing is easier than being an obstructionist. It is easier to destroy than to build and be constructive.

What is the political platform of these Republican Candidates ??

Budget cuts, and cuts, and more cuts. This is the worst policy in the present scenario of Demand Depression, a lack of Demand for fear of the Future.

In this situation, Government spending is necessary, and if the Money flows to the Poor, then it is in the best hands to activate demand. Because the poor are the best spenders. The Rich save the Government Gifts in Tax Cuts or invest them abroad.

These Republicans are of no use for consistent management, cohesive policies, guidance, leadership, decisions and responsibilities. Much less in a grave economic situation. A Jobs Recession that was caused by their imprudent policies of Tax Cuts and Trickle Down Economics.

Republicans in Congress are in great part responsible for the Present Economic Difficulties, a Gridlock that is making things very difficult for President Obama.

But things are graver than what I have stated. These Republicans Candidates have a horrible tendency to Religious Bigotry and Craziness. To Religious Intolerance with others that do not believe in the same Religious garbage as them.

In every aspect of life : Women's Rights, Abortion, Education of Children, etc ... they want to impose their views forcefully to non-believers. Some of them are anti Evolution.

They want to repeal all the advances of the Twentieth Century, like Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. And I would say that they want to take the United States to the times of "Elmer Gantry", satirical novel published in 1927 by Sinclair Lewis that depicted a corrupt pastor and his foolish followers by the thousands.

There are people that want to return to the "Great Gatsby" era, but do not realize that F. Scott Fitzgerald may have been repelled by the times in which he lived, and felt revulsion against that type of society. He left some clues in the form of talking about Racial Relations in a very satirical mood. His rich people are despicable in many ways.

The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Set in Puritan Boston during the years 1642 to 1649. It depicts a horrible America of Prejudice and Oppression over the individual. The same America that was pregnant with possibilities for Freedom and Economic Development.

Vicente Duque

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