Republicans as agents of the good will, it appear, be punished by conservatives in their obsession with the perfect.
Perfection is a) in the eye of the beholder; and, b) not attainable in mortal society. Conservatives and libertarians believe in a
free, not
a perfect society that imperfect men and woman can never truly create. Trotting out the old "the perfect is the enemy of the good" argument
then requires a serious examination as to whether the "good"
is, in fact, good, in the present case. Somehow, I just don't think a piece
of legislation that metastasises deficits and debt and presents spending plans that would provoke orgasms in the Obamas and Clintons and
Pelosis of this world can be considered "the good."
Tax cuts . . .
To be negated soon enough by runaway federal spending and Donaldus Minimus's tariffs. It won't be long before we look back on the tax cuts
(for which even the most recalcitrant NT gave him credit, by the way, when they first came down the pike) and say, "They were nice while they
lasted."
. . . regulatory relief . . .
Reversing Obama's regulatory executive orders are a) good; but, b) something on the line of putting out a fire on one tree while the whole damn
forest still blazes. There remain all manner, and several tons worth, of needless regulations to eliminate that weren't put into place by executive
order, and neither Donaldus Minimus nor this Congress seems all that much inclined to address them, and you can bet safely that enough of
them are regulations under which they profit in one or another way.
. . . prioritization of jobs and economic growth . . .
Such a priority that Donaldus Minimus's tariffs and trade wars are going to eliminate a sizeable share of the former (he's not the first president
who's going to learn that the hard way, but this is a president who doesn't learn from history because he can't---he's interested in precious
little history unless it involves him directly, in some way) and put a muzzle on the latter, soon enough.
. . . sound court appointments . . .
Well, we do have Justice Gorsuch. And maybe Donaldus Minimus will once again listen to the right people if and when there's another Supreme Court
vacancy to fill before his time is up. (Rumours persist at this writing that Justice Kennedy has retirement on his mind . . . )
Some conservatives insist on inhabiting a world of their own.
If by "a world of their own you mean standing foursquare and no less for freedom, what's left of it; for individual rights and responsibilities; and, for a
properly-construed
government---meaning, a government whose sole legitimate business, other than protecting us from enemies actual and
provably iminent from abroad and predators (
real predators, please, not mere vicemongers), is to
stay the hell out of your business, my
business, everyone's business,
until or unless one would obstruct or abrogate another's equivalent rights---as opposed to the improperly-consecrated
State (which sees fit to poke its nose into all of one and all's business, whether it is competent or constitutionally sanctioned to do so) under which we've
lived only too long, then, yes, we inhabit a world of our own.
Those of us who don't live in bunkers understand the fragility of the very real progress taking place, and are willing to practice solidarity by supporting the only political party through which conservatives can actually influence and effect change.
Where have I heard
that argument before? Oh, yes---during the years in which the constitutional floutings and wild spending at every three-card monte
stand in town of George W. Bush and
his Republican Congresses led a) to a Democratic takeover of Congress in 2006; and, b) to the advent of His Excellency
Al-Hashish Field Marshmallow Dr. Barack Obama Dada, COD, RIP, LSMFT, Would-Have-Been-Life President of the Republic Formerly Known as the United States.
Exactly
how many times are we supposed to buy the same old Kickapoo Joy Juice in
how many new, gussied up bottles and believe we're finally
getting a legitimate bottle of wine?
