Corrupt Establishment GOP is Crony Capitalism's Bought and Paid for Political Arm

[Cujo0920]

"Flag-burner?" Like expecting the GOP to be a principled alternative to the Democrats and a champion of the productive middle and working classes against both the parasites and unscrupulous elites is somehow unpatriotic? Are you guys really that mindless and forgiving of corruption in high places, regardless of the party affiliation of the perpetrators? Or is shambling zombie-like into the voting booth and voting for the R over the D, even if they both are equally corrupt and larcenous, somehow your idea of doing your civic duty? Sounds sheep-like to me.

I have no idea how many "Rs" voted for Hick's gun bills. I was happy to help contribute and vote for recalling Morse's sorry a$$ from public office and hope we see the last of Hick and his ilk after the next election. I do know a lot of "Rs" like Cantor said one thing to get elected, then cravenly jettisoned their so-called conservative beliefs for the sake of political expediency and collecting fat contributions from K Street lobbyists. Unlike "Great-Kazoo" who makes ad hominem attacks on anyone who expects his beloved "Rs" to embody actual republican (small R) beliefs, I expect ACCOUNTABILITY and INTEGRITY out of our elected officials, ESPECIALLY the Rs. And if they show otherwise, then I'll call them out on it and refuse to support them.

Is this forum really such an echo chamber that anyone who calls out GOP as well as DNC corruption needs to be "put down" in Great-Kazoo's words? I don't give the GOP a pass on sleaze and wrongdoing any more than I do the DNC - moral relativism (turning a blind eye to crony capitalism, for instance, when practiced by "our" party) shows just how compromised and brain-dead certain segments of our electorate have become. A true patriot expects their political representatives and party to actually advocate for their constituents, not sell their votes and souls to the highest bidder.

The election of David Brat, a political novice who called out Eric Cantor on his hypocrisy in spouting conservative rhetoric but serving Wall Street's agenda, is a hopeful sign that the GOP grass roots is fed up with RINOs who talk the talk but are in the pockets of the Wall Street crooks and beltway insiders. Cantor spent more on steak dinners in fancy restaurants ($178K) than Brat did on his entire campaign, and outspent Brat 25-to-one thanks to fat cat campaign contributions from the likes of Goldman Sachs and Blackstone, but Brat called him out being out of touch with the people who elected him, not to mention the superficiality of his conservative values. Guys like Brat show there's hope that an aware and energized GOP grass roots will no longer settle for the "lesser of two evils" and will in fact not VOTE for or support evil.