Letter: Time to burst the bubble

In response to the letter “Utopia?” in the Feb. 14 letters page, the writer insists that the current U.S. government is imperialistic. His observation that “government that lives within its means” may be sound, yet should a government become apathetic to the needs of its citizens, how is it relevant to its purpose?

That writer and those of his 53 percent bloc that votes Republican should truly reconsider the direction of this country of which their leadership is determined to backtrack.

 A conservative utopia that this writer envisioned would that consist of disassembling workers’ and teachers’ unions, devaluing education, suppressing women’s rights, ostracizing minorities, immigrants and the LGBT community, privatizing Social Security and Medicare, denying healthcare reform and climate change and propagating income disparity of the middle class and the working poor in favor of placating the wealthiest 1 percent.

An example of such leadership is a recent column written by Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.). It would seem that the decisions of this current Congress are most likely guided by the unseen hands of the corporations and the lobbyists that manipulated the electorate that unwittingly placed them in office. It is mind-boggling as to why Rep. Roby took pride in working in a “do-nothing” Congress, currently rated favorably at 10 percent.  It is also evident that this party is struggling to seek true leadership, being that they’re had to beg for candidates other than those vying for the job.

For those die-hard Republicans who are currently unemployed, it would be really counterintuitive to elect a president from a party that represents the interests of the wealthiest 1 percent, let alone a president who would impose their own grandiose delusions of how America should be. 19^th Century ideology is a poor alternative to solving 21^st century dilemmas. It’s time to burst the conservative bubble and realize that what was is depicted as a utopia is merely thinly-veiled fascism.

It is with hope that there is a candidate out there that would push for a more progressive stance of what America is meant to be. Unfortunately, it is not found with the GOP. It is also a grand argument as to why President Obama is necessary for the White House in 2012.  

As for the base itself, in time the Republican Party will overcome its hapless penchant for whining and infighting and come to an understanding of truly being the party of Lincoln. At this point, the GOP is more in tune with the Nixon Administration of the early 1970s and the Reagan Era of the 1980s with regard to using the Southern strategy and Jim Crow laws with regard to voter registration.

Again -- time to burst the bubble.

Sanford S. Williams

Geneva