Posted by
Sackco on Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:44:49 AM
So far, in preparing for the November elections, the Republicans have sent up smoke signals on several pet issues: immigration clamp down; banning gay marriage by whatever means necessary; and, outlawing flag burning.
Immigration Clamp Down -- Was it a well engineered unbridgeable gap between the House and Senate versions that prevents anything from happening on this? In any case, it looks like things are stalled with little resolution likely before the election.
Ban on Gay Marriage -- After a meaningless Senate debate the outcome was as everyone predicted. Senators staked out the low moral ground pretending they were protecting my marriage. Certainly no accomplishment the Republicans can point to here.
Outlawing Flag Burning -- Yet another meaningless debate, yet another meaningless outcome. Oh, and yet another case of nothing getting done.
In all three cases, let's thank goodness that the Republican agenda stalled.
But really, shouldn't they have seen the handwriting on the wall and not wasted their time, and our taxes, yammering about these topics when it was clear from the outset that nothing would come of any of them?