Earlier this week, I watched the second Republican debate.
After the debate finished I had many thoughts, but one clear observation. This
party is no longer the party of president Ronald Reagan. Reagan passed and
supported a sensible immigration bill. If Reagan was at last week’s debate and
introduced that idea, he would be booed off the stage. Immigration reform (or
any sensible reform that would make government more efficient) seems to no
longer be the goal of the Republican Party. This is a new Republican Party; it
has become the party of the people who are in social movements to take America
“back”. The goal of the new Republican Party seems to be to destroy every
government program, even if it’s working.
The second GOP was filled with the candidates gloriously
dog-piling Trump, and stances that would make Eisenhower-Republicans roll in
their graves. After the first debate I looked at one candidate in particular.
Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon who seemed to be the only candidate using logic
and reason to debate. He’s one of the only Republican candidates who don’t
believe vaccines cause Autism and climate change was a hoax created by Al Gore
to win the 2000 presidency (and I guess it worked, kinda). It seems like the Republican Party has a
patent on crazy and even the intelligent, well-educated Dr. Carson recently
said he isn’t afraid to use military drones as a deterrent for illegal
immigration on the border. If you think
this is the only time that Carson made a Joe Biden-esque gaff than you’re going
to be happily surprised by the time he once referred to Obamacare as the worst
thing to happen to America since slavery (11 million previously uninsured
people with insurance is bad I guess?). He’s also used prison rape as an
example that being gay is not a choice, and mentioned bestiality and pedophilia
when arguing against gay marriage in an earlier interview.
Thirty
minutes into the debate and it seemed as if the candidates were trying to
out-crazy Trump. The only one who kept some dignity was Rand Paul, who was
rewarded for his politeness with Donald Trump calling him ugly. When the Republican Party reaches the point of
calling out candidates for their Spanish roots and not their policies, it’s
time to admit, that this Party needs a change.
Further Reading:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/10/11/ben-carson-obamacare-worst-thing-since-slavery/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/19/politics/ben-carson-drones-border/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/politics/donald-trump-jeb-bush-spanish/
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