The Nihilist Party: Republicans Who Believe in Nothing

In today’s political bowl ideologies have been said to be separated from their initial core beliefs.  In “TheNihilist Party: Republicans Who Believe in Nothing” by RJ Eskow, Eskow gives prime examples as to where the Republican Party has drifted off in our present day. His audience is us, Americans, who haven’t had much luck in making sense as to what will get us out of this recession. At first he clearly defines the word Nihilist: a viewpoint that traditional beliefs and values are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless –Merriam-Webster Online, in order to establish a foundation as to his explanation defining today's GOP’s stance on public policy. He attributes this definition to Republicans, to claim that they are filled with greed and self-loathing efforts defying the common good of all our non-wealthy citizens; in other words, usually their loyalties reside within their predominant sponsors. With this in mind, he directs the most common problem to the fact that Republicans oppose anything the Democrats propose. For example, Republicans passed and signed a $286 billion infrastructure for George W. Bush; today they oppose all such spending proposed by democrats. There is never a middle ground here, one way or the other opposing parties are pushing each other off the platform. Before the democrats can get anything proposed in congress the GOP quickly shuts it down, not even looking into other solutions to fix the problem at hand, just like when Republicans rejected Obama’s jobs act to expand employment; a solution they didn’t believe was worth looking into. Eskow also relates how Cain’s “9-9-9” program is detrimental to the working class and its only goal is to favor the wealthy. Republicans are always in favor when it comes to cutting taxes on the wealthy, expanding business overseas, which worsens our economy, and cutting benefits from health care programs. None of this would be true to the Republican ideology before the 90’s.

I agree with Eskow and his beliefs of an un-balanced government due to the false prospects of the Republican Party. What else is one to expect to think about the GOP but cynicism? What happened to the treatment of small business and building for the better of our country for all people, much like republicans Eisenhower and Reagan did. New leaders, whose influence aren’t bonded by the money that sponsors them, are in demand to wash away the tyranny that has been bestowed upon one of our most influential political parties. Prosperity is only to come when balance is back in order.