Our republic is in real trouble, greatly due to because the Republican Party has lost its way. I'm not kidding, I'm not being sarcastic, I'm pointing out reality. No one has all the answers, and no one party has all the answers. We need at least two parties, preferably more, but at least two opposing sides, to make sure we make our country the best it can be. Unfortunately, current and recent members of the Republican Party don't believe this, instead believe they not only have all the answers, the Democratic Party is pure evil, to boot. Of course this is ridiculous, self-serving, even insane, in my opinion. Their agenda is doing nothing short of sending our country down the tubes, and rapidly. What can we do about it, you ask. They are frequently either ignoring, re-writing, or skirting objective polices and long-held practices, from voting rights to (fill in the blank). For an easy and basic and current example, look no further than the current fight over slightly enhanced voting rights:
To be sure, the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 was created with strong support from both parties. In the House, Democrats voted for the final bill by a margin of 217-54 and Republicans by a margin of 111-20; in the Senate, Democrats backed it 49-17 and Republicans 30-1.
Passage of the law, however, was simply the start. Because some of its special provisions were established as temporary measures, the Voting Rights Act was brought up for reauthorization and expansion over the next half century — in 1970, 1975, 1982, 1992 and, most recently, 2006. At every point in this process, Biden noted, the law could count on backing from his Republican predecessors in the White House: “Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush. They all supported the Voting Rights Act.”
It wasn’t simply Republican presidents who supported the renewal of the Voting Rights Act, Biden noted. Republicans in Congress, like their Democratic colleagues, overwhelmingly embraced the measures, too.
“In 2006,” Biden stressed, “the Voting Rights Act passed 390 to 33 in the House of Representatives and 98 to 0 in the Senate.”
Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/republican-opposition-voting-rights-bills-follows-decades-pretend-support-n1287422
What can we do, asks the millions of Democratic and Independent voters? The Republican Party has at least 71 million followers, half the Senate (despite the Republican Party Senators representing 42 million FEWER citizens than do the Democratic Senators!), and could win the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections! Here's is what you and I can do: switch from a Democratic and Independent voter to Republican! It's easy to do, perfectly legal, and if enough of us do so, it will encourage sane Republicans to run for office. There is more than one such member of Congress that has announced s/he is not running for re-election because the party is so completely Trumpian. This just might disrupt the march and agenda of the Republican Party, and save the House!
It would also send a very clear message to the Republican Party: not so fast with your extreme gerrymandering and voting restrictions.
I am dead serious about this, as I don't see any other way to save our country from failing. If you agree, and I hope to God you do, switch your party registration now, and get every liberal and independent you know to do the same.
