With the Beginning of the End of the Grand Old Party in 1981, Came the Beginning of the End of Your Constitutional Rights

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

Every action has consequences. In 1981, no one paid any attention to Ronald Reagan’s seemingly unimportant demand from his own political party. The mainstream media referred to it as “party unification.” What it really meant was the beginning of fascism within our federal government, and the repeal of rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

Reagan demanded unquestioned loyalty from every member of the Republican Party. Every member of the House and Senate on the right side of the aisle was required to support Reagan’s policies without dissent. Thus began the end of deliberation and compromise within the Capitol. This one action is the primary reason why our government is dysfunctional today.

This unwritten rule for all right-wing politicians continued throughout the George H.W. Bush single term, the George W. Bush administration, and continues under Trump’s fascist rule.

However, under Trump, his party has become extreme, openly displaying its plans to end democracy and establish a fascist regime in Washington. Their fascist manifesto is known as “Project 2025.”

What Reagan began has reached a level of destruction no one could have foreseen. Not only do Democrats and Republicans refuse to speak to each other, fake Republicans viciously attack their liberal counterparts with cruel and fallacious statements.

The one thing which bothers me is doubt. I do not see a path which will ever heal the divide. The 435 members of the House and 100 Senators compose the most incompetent and uncaring legislative branch in America’s history. They rule over 340 million people, refusing to address our needs and wishes. It is clear that they believe we are here to serve them.

Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush paved the way for Trump and his ambition to become a dictator who exists by telling lies and attacking his millions of enemies: enemies he has cultivated for 79 years.

The real Republican Party ceased to exist long before Trump. He simply realized that the Grand Old Party was without leadership and losing its base. Desperate to win elections after Obama, they lined up quickly to serve Trump’s every demand and ignore his constant violations of the Law of the Land.

Democrats continue to display a lack of courage or display sufficient support for true Democratic principles demanded and expected by their base.

There is no one who even slightly resembles the greatest President in American history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, or the only great President in my lifetime, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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