No Intelligent American Would Be a Member of Today’s Republican Party in Name Only or Watch Fox News

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

 

I am not an elitist. I never graduated from a college or university. I am nothing more, or less, than a 77-year-old man who has decades of experience and had the fortune to enjoy reading. I am what can be considered ‘self-educated.’ I try very hard not to be judgmental, but what I see happening in my beloved country and around the world in the 21^st century is unacceptable and frightening.

Common sense seems to have been tossed aside and tyrants have become gods worshipped by the ignorant and uninformed. The United States is no longer the shining star, the epitome of what a democratic, free nation should be. It has morphed into a society more concerned with corporate profits than the quality of life for its people. Freedoms are in decline as fascist politicians seek control over our daily lives in the name of Christianity, and white power.

Republicans believe they have the right to rule over us. They no longer believe that their purpose is to serve the needs and wishes of the American people. They serve the wealthy and ignore the vast majority of 330 million people. More disturbing is the fact that 46 men and women in the House who claim to be Americans are actually opposed to the Constitution and the principles and morals of the United States. They are holding 330 million people hostage to secure the demands of their plutocratic supporters. They call themselves “the Freedom Caucus.” Every fake Republican in the House is allowing this to happen. Cowards, one and all.

It is an irrefutable fact that the “Party of Lincoln” no longer exists. The men and women who continue to use the label “Republican” today share nothing in common with members of the Grand Old Party in decades past. The truth is that they have moved so far to the right one entire party embraces the precepts of fascism. Right-wing politicians would like to end free and fair elections and obtain autocratic control over our nation’s people. This is why their leader continues his big lie. He wants to change the system and eliminate the First Amendment, ending the America of my youth.

It is a little upsetting for me that the Grand Old Party is nothing but a memory. As a lifelong Independent, I am no longer able to vote for anyone who sits on the right side of the aisle. I cannot give my ballot to anyone who is not a patriotic American.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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