I could give you many reasons to vote for Democrats in the midterms. But that’s not my focus in this post. I want to offer you some reasons to vote GOP instead.
If you’re a vengeful person who likes to hold grudges and get people back for what they’ve done to you, then, by all means, vote GOP. Because if they take control of Congress this year, you can be assured that revenge will be at the top of the list of things they will unleash upon the American people.
The Democrats had the nerve to impeach Donald Trump. Not once, but twice – the only president in our nation’s history to suffer such a fate. Now, the former president did do a few things that warranted impeachment. If you try to hold up aid to a foreign country, such as he did with Ukraine, to enhance his political prospects in the 2020 election, you might be worthy of impeachment.
And, if you incite an insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, by repeatedly lying that the election was stolen from him, you also might be worthy of impeachment. But, to most of the Republican Party, never mind. Those things did not rise to the level of removal from office. What the Democrats did was so out of line. If they regain one or both Houses of Congress, they will indeed move to impeach our current president, Joe Biden.
You might think there ought to be grounds for impeaching Biden, but today’s Republican Party seemingly doesn’t need one. Some believe impeachment must be on the table if they regain power. That they currently have no concrete reason for doing so is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is payback.
They’ve got to get the Democrats back what they did to Trump. Whether the possibly future Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, would be on board for impeachment is unclear. But if there’s one thing about McCarthy, that’s as clear as day is that he will do and say whatever the political winds are telling him to do. The base of GOP crazies surely is already salivating at the possibility.
Maybe, though, you need a little more motivation to vote GOP. How about wall-to-wall investigations of Hunter Biden’s laptop and Dr. Anthony Fauci to whet your appetite? If you thought endless Benghazi and Hillary Clinton investigations were a hoot, then surely you’ll gravitate towards what will become daily clown show hearings, spearheaded by the likes of Jim Jordan and company. McCarthy may even allow Marjorie Taylor Green back on committees to showcase her masterful political skills.
But perhaps endless investigations and revenge are not enough to convince you to vote for GOP candidates. Maybe abortion, critical race theory, abolishing The Affordable Care Act, and trying to gut regulations are more to your liking. Of course, with Joe Biden still president, the chances of any legislation getting through are highly improbable.
However, if it’s strictly the performance art you like, you must vote GOP. Because of what they lack in their ability to govern, they more than makeup for it by yelling and screaming to the public about what pisses them off. They’ll complain about the border all day long. Still, other than building a wall or severely limiting even legal immigration, they never have any serious policy proposals that would help the situation. Why do that when you can score cheap political points with the base?
So, again, we know that whatever outrageous and extreme policy proposals they put forward will most certainly be met with the Biden veto pen. The only things they have left are sham investigations and possible impeachment proceedings against Biden for whatever ginned-up reason they can find. You can be sure, also, that January 6, 2021, will be buried so far in the ground that you will have thought that the insurrection had never occurred.
If the GOP wins the House, it will be nonstop Jim Jordan and his crackpot caucus. If they win the Senate, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Rand Paul, and Tom Cotton will all take leadership roles on their various committees. His personal vendetta against Dr. Fauci will take center stage in Paul’s case.
The sad part of it all, unfortunately, is that having a serious and viable opposition political party is essential for our democracy. It’s never good to have one-party rule all of the time. Holding an administration accountable is part of the checks and balances our Founders included in the Constitution. But when you have a party that was taken over by a con man and leader of a cult (MAGA), giving them the keys to power risks nothing less than the destruction of our system of government.
And maybe, just maybe, I’ve made the final point to sway you to vote for the Republican Party in November. It could be that this democracy thing just isn’t doing it for you. Perhaps you like what Mr. Putin is doing in Russia or what Fox News’ hero Victor Orban is doing in Hungary. The march towards authoritarian-type government seems to be taking hold in various regions of the world. At one time, the thought of that happening here in the United States was unthinkable.
Not any longer.
If it’s performance art you like, vote GOP. If you want revenge and petty sham investigations, vote GOP. If you like scapegoating marginalized folks, vote GOP. And, if you’ve soured on democracy and like strongmen leaders who lie, cheat, and spit in the face of the rule of law, then, by all means, vote GOP.
Have I made my point? Have I convinced you to vote for the Republican Party?
I’ve done my best. Now, the rest is up to you.
On The Fence Voters 
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