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Why has the GOP gone mad?

  • I see news from yesterday that Republicans are going to sue President Obama over not implementing a part of the insurance law they, themselves, blocked. They have, over the past 6 years, gone insane. I have known lifelong Republicans who distance themselves from the GOP as much as they can, with 2 even trying to register as independent for the next round of elections. When I ask this question, I am talking about the past 6 years, and why it seems everything that gets said by old white men and Sarah Palin (and co.) on that side can be deconstructed and destroyed by the simplest of research. Why have they become such hypocrites and liars? Why do they keep saying and doing these things that are clearly stupid, like suing the President while massive attacks are happening in Ukraine and Gaza? Also, I define insane as really, do I have to define this? Go watch the Daily Show. Or just watch the news. They're suing the president over not being able to so something with the ACA in time, because they were blocking him. 50 times to be exact. That is so absurd and insane that trying to describe its insanity and absurdity may send me into that "Alice in Wonderland" world (The original, not the remake). Is it the Tea Party? Is it racism? Has this been coming for a long time? Is it just the base is becoming more extremist? Did Jesus tell them to do it? What is/are the reason(s) the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Regan has gone insane.

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    Let me start by saying that suing the administration is the wrong tactic, the correct tactic would be impeachment.   Now, to the explanation. Reading through your comments on the question, it seems that you fail to grasp the real issue here. The issue isn't that since the GOP pushed for having the bill fail in Congress they should be happy with the law not being enforced. The problem is that Bohner and his group are concerned about the Rule of Law (at least they're giving lip service to it).   The law was legally passed by Congress, was legally signed by the President, and then it was ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court. At this point, the will of the President to selectively enforce the law isn't an option.   The President is expected to enforce the laws of the land; that's his job. His job isn't to legislate from the Oval Office by being selective or by making up laws, both of which the GOP feels he's done.   That's why they are suing him.   However, this is an issue between the Legislative Branch and the Executative Branch, and the Judicial Branch should play no role in it. The process is clear at this point, but the House leadership does not have the testicular fortitude to take the steps necessary. They can either defund the government (something they're deathly afraid to do) or they can impeach the President (something else they're deathly afraid to do).

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Before proceeding any further, let me correct a factual error in the first paragraph of your question details:  the Republican Party did not, in fact, block the Affordable Care Act.  ACA has been enacted into federal law.  Current debates about the law center on its continuing implementation and the legal consequences of its rushed passage. That said, I'm going to ignore the rest of your question for one reason:  your bigoted use of the "insanity" label.  As has been well-established by now, this country's mental health care system is woefully inadequate.  Making light of mental health disorders by labeling political positions repeatedly with terms like "insane" is thoroughly offensive, no matter how enjoyable you find it to ridicule your political opposition in those terms. The freedom to enjoy and participate in hard-hitting political discussion is a wonderful feature of the American republic, but Democrats would do well to remember that the mentally ill are not partisan.  Attempting to smear millions of Republicans with the "insanity" label is not tolerant, nor is it reflective of the Democratic Party's usual inclusiveness, and it suggests a rhetorical weakness that I don't think Democrats would like to concede. After all, if they can't win the House against a political party that's quite literally insane, what does that say about Democrats?

Michael Lee

It is not madness.  The GOP know they cannot get a bill of impeachment on Lord Obama  so they are doing legally the next best(???) thing by suing him.  Even if the courts will entertain such a suit (not likely)  and even if they win (even less likely)  Obama will not be removed from office. However the GOP thinks they will "score points"  with the voters. Actually they will only be stroking their core constituency and it will not aid their chances in the next election. It is not madness,  but it is silliness.

Robert J. Kolker

OK it is quite obvious that the Democrat tactic going into this years election is to paint the GOP as extreme. I get it! There are dozens of questions and answers that use insane, mad extreme etc. The problem is this is your record and projection. Now who is extreme?

Charlie Fortin

Just a heads up, Quora is terrible on iPad, and because of it, I can't edit it to make it more neutral. So just know I am trying to be less GOP bashing. I am genuinely trying to get answers as to why, within the past 6 years, the GOP has swung more far right. Thank you for understanding.

Nic Schweitzer

There is a strong bias for extremism in the means of financing candidates.  The NRA, for instance, uses gross extremism to motivate their base.  It is hard to motivate donors to rally around moderation. A disturbing lesson from marketing is that the best way to increase sales is not to broaden the appeal of a product, but rather to get your existing customers to pay more for your products.  It's exploitation by means of appealing to the basest instincts.  In politics hate and vilification of your opponents is more powerful than any other motivator.  That is the lesson of Hitler, like it or not.  Republican's aren't Nazis and the nature of the hate they espouse, by degree, is trifling in comparison, but the base motivation is much the same in character. Yes, a substantial percentage of Republicans do hate the President and other Democrats...they have made that very clear. Did Democrats hate Bush/Cheney?  Yes.  Lying about the pretext for one war and the incompetent perpetuation of two wars as well as the egregious decisions of Bush's Supreme Court were substantive justification what was a much more measured opposition. (Sorry... hate to drop a Hitler bomb, but don't ignore the big qualifiers I've included if you are going to complain about it.)

David J Gill

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