Dems Pursue Hard-Left Agenda, Reps Not Standing On Principle

It has been less than two months since President Obama has taken the oath of office and he and the Democratic majority in congress have already pursued an aggressive left-wing agenda. Obama has already pushed a $700 billion monstrosity called an Economic Stimulus Package, and that is just the beginning.

They want to push through card-check which will eliminate the secret ballot for unions, and although Obama claims not to support it the radical left has called for so-called 'Truth Commissions' to drag Bush administration officials through the mud, and anyone else who has kept this nation safe from terrorism. Far-left Zealots Senator Patrick Leahy and Representative John Conyers are among them. Just as scary some hard-line liberals in congress have called for the return of the 'Fairness Doctrine' which will be used to silence conservative talk radio, strange they are only planning to apply it in the only venue where conservatives dominate.
To top it all off the media is so over-the-top pro-Obama that it's hard to imagine anyone can deny that they are in the tank for the Democratic president and keep a straight face.

All Republicans in the House and all but three in the Senate voted against the Economic Stimulus bill, but aren't above putting their own pork in the massive waste bills they decry, this won't do.

It justifiably smacks of hypocrisy and will dash any hopes for a conservative comeback. Republicans cannot have a business as usual attitude when being the opposition party to the Democrats who will simply point out Republican hypocrisy while continuing down the same reckless path. They know the media won't call them on it and so do the Republicans in congress, so why do they keep it up? Do they care about reforming government, or is it simply an attack line they're using to score points with the public?

There is no 3rd party out there that can step in and become the conservative opposition to the far-left Democratic majority. I'm not one to demand ideological purity and toss out all those who fail to conform to a perfect standard, but let's have at least some standards. Republicans need to go off pork all-together and demand that the Democrats do the same.

The future of the country is literally at stake, Republicans need to pursue a small-government, greater freedom agenda if they want to make gains in 2010 and take back the White House in 2012.