Yesterday, Speaker of the House John Boehner said that based on President Obama’s inauguration speech, he believed the President and his fellow Democrats were trying to “annihilate the Republican Party” and shove them “into the dustbin of history”.
First off Mr. Speaker, I hate to tell you this, but you sound a little paranoid when you say that.
Secondly, as much as I don’t agree with the stances of the Republican Party, I have to admit that the GOP is as much needed by this country as the Democrats are needed. Let’s face it, you guys are two sides of the same coin, and that coin is America. You guys balance each other out, prevent the other party from gaining too much power and act as a critical check in case something in a law might actually doom rather than help the country. When one or the other of the two parties in this country gains too much power and keeps it for too long, problems occur, so the fact that the parties are polar opposites is a good thing.
Sure, it’s not a perfect system. Rarely do both parties come together and agree on anything. However no system is perfect, and often when the country is hit by a disaster the government and the parties in it prove just how cooperative they can be.
So Mr. Boehner, please don’t worry that the President is out to get you. I’d be more worried about other members of your party with the filters of Rick Santorum or Rush Limbaugh bringing down your party. Seriously, have you heard the things some of them say about women, minorities, and liberals? It’s ridiculous.
Rami Ungar The Writer 