With the defection of the traitor Specter from the Republican Party came cheers from the hard Right. “We are better off without him,” they said. “We're flushing the RINOs from the party,” they asserted. “The Left can't blame us anymore for what government does,” they exclaimed. While this may be so – and perhaps even what the Republican Party needs to motivate it to honestly look at re-evaluating its platform and philosophical strategy, which is being held hostage by an impossible acquiescence to unreasonable individualism – Specters defection will be horrific for the country in the immediate. Anyone cheering for that on the right side of the aisle is a fool, an idiot or both.
In response to the traitor Specter's self-serving switch of parties, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told CNN's Candy Crowley:
“Very exciting, very exciting for the American people, because now we can get things done without explaining process...Hopefully now [Republicans] will also extend the hand of friendship so they can work together in a bipartisan way."
This statement is so incredibly disturbing on so many levels it is hard to know where to begin, but if we are going to survive as a Constitutional Republic until 2010 we must understand the hypocritical juxtaposition and ramifications of Ms. Pelosi's statement.
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Frank Salvato also serves as the managing editor for The New Media Journal. His writing has been recognized by the US House International Relations Committee and the Japan Center for Conflict Prevention.
