George Bush is the best Republican of all time

By Ed Martin

By adhering to Republican ideals and principles, George Bush will leave an indelible legacy. By following his Republicanism to its inevitable conclusion, here's what he has accomplished. Some of the information here is from an article in Vanity Fair by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

The tragedy of the Iraq war and its consequences.

Coming up on 4000 US soldiers killed.

About a million innocent Iraqis killed.

An expected cost to exceed $2 trillion.

Torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

The viewing of the US as a rogue nation by the world.

A tax code biased in favor of the rich.

A national debt that will probably have grown 70 percent by the time Bush leaves office.

A swelling cascade of mortgage defaults.

A record $850 billion trade deficit.

Oil prices at record highs. They tell us that supply and demand determines the price of oil, but even though the price has risen dramatically, there's been no shortage of supply. Strangely, I have no problem finding gas at exorbitant prices.

A dollar that has reversed its value in relation to the euro.

A budget surplus of 2.4 percent of GDP ($2.2 trillion) that Bush has turned into a 3.6 percent deficit, the greatest since World War II.

A $45 tax reduction for the bottom 20 percent and a $162,000 reduction for millionaires.

More than five million more Americans living in poverty now than when Bush took office.

An increase to 47 million without health care.

Personal bankruptcy rate increase of 60 percent.

The borrowing of $5 trillion from abroad.

The subversion of the constitution.

The rescinding of habeas corpus.

The curtailing of civil liberties.

The politicizing of the government.

Lying to the people and Congress.

The blatant practicing of cronyism and corruption.

This is just a partial list of the legacy of George Bush, and it ain't over yet. It's just his tangible accomplishments, so far. The list doesn't include the intangible effects, such as the fact that the mere mention of George Bush's name sends people into a blind, incoherent, screaming rage, raising blood pressure, causing indigestion, increased pulse rate, the involuntary, automatic blurting of gross vulgarities, leaving us breathless and depleted, with the thousand yard stare, unable to comprehend how this could have happened. There's no record of the medical and psychological cost to us caused by the existence of George Bush.

Even though most of us see Bush's accomplishments listed above as the prelude to the destruction of the US, the Republicans can take great pride in what their man has been able to do for them. He has faithfully fulfilled, with the above list, all of the most cherished ideals and principles of the Republicans.

There are two kinds of Republicans who fervently support George Bush. One kind is affected not at all and the other kind is affected negatively by his Republican policies. The one kind is the wealthy Republican who, due to his wealth, is in a position of power that allows him to bring about his repressive, restricting, regressive policies, policies that, again due to his wealth, do not in any way affect him. He can call for the elimination of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and all the other progressive social programs, because he will not ever need any of them and will not be affected. The analogy of me to him is that I can call for a 100% tax rate for income over $1 million and I will not be in the least affected, because I'm not a millionaire. So, like the Republican, why should I care what happens to other people as long as it doesn't affect me?

The other kind is the guy who is very much like me, except that he is a Republican. He professes support for all of George Bush's Republican policies without realizing that he is civilly and economically repressing himself for the benefit of the wealthy Republicans. He's his own worst enemy.

The preamble of the Constitution requires that the government it created is to "promote the general welfare." This is a liberal, progressive mandate for our government to follow. Liberal, progresssive policies are aimed at benefitting everyone. Conservative, Republican policies benefit only Republicans. This requirement of the Constitution is against everything the Republicans believe in and is the opposite of what they have worked so hard to accomplish. The Republicans only promote the general welfare of Republicans at the expense of everyone else. It's an easy case to make from this that Republicanism is unconstitutional, since it obviously does not promote the general welfare. According to the Constitution, Republicanism is illegal.

It's against the law to advocate policies that are illegal and are destroying the United States. With the godawful mess that the Republicans have made of the United States, we're going to have to outlaw Republicans before they finish destroying the United States. The Constitution says so.

Authors Bio: Ed Martin is an unindicted curmudgeon. He is not a Democrat, Republican, conservative, liberal, deist, atheist, or a member of any -ism.