Sane Party Regulars Say to Progressive Democrats: 'Feeling Lucky, Punk?'
by Ralph Benko: The Democrats may or may not win the presidency and majority control of the U.S. Senate. If they do, left wing hotheads are proposing some extremist rule changes. Progressives lust to dominate the federal government and are proposing to rewrite some venerable political rules.
Democratic Party militants are agitating to eliminate the filibuster, pack or term limit the U.S. Supreme Court, abolish the electoral college, and add D.C., Puerto Rico and maybe Samoa to spangle Old Glory to pad their Senate majority.
Armageddon?
I say, game on!
There are plenty of countermoves by the regulars in both parties to make these advocates of mob rule rue the day they decided to start playing with fire. To paraphrase Dirty Harry, "Feeling lucky, Punk?"
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Plus the GOP owns the real .44 Magnum here: Texas. Texas has the unalloyed right, without congressional approval, to create four new states. Texans haven't split Texas up because Texans are big galoots. They've assumed Texas would have to break up into 5 Tennessee-size states. Texans like Texas big. But hold on, pardner.
This overlooks a key fact. The Texas annexation joint resolution of 1845 allows Texas to split into 5 states of "convenient" size and having "sufficient" population. Anything bigger than Rhode Island is ipso facto of convenient size and anything with a population greater than Wyoming's 586,107 is of sufficient population.
(Republican) Texas Governor Greg Abbott in concert with the (Republican) Texas legislature could deftly carve out four "Tiny Texases" – coincidentally, all Republican! – sacrificing only maybe 3% of the Lone Star State's territory and less than 10% of its population.
Big Texas stays Big while lifting Texas's presence in the Senate from two to 10. Bonus: four new governors and four new congresspeople, all Republican, 16 new statewide offices. Texas could gift wrap and give each of President Trump's kids a high office with plenty left over, swamping any possible gains from feckless Democratic maneuvering. (Governor Abbott? What's stopping you?)
So. Should we fear progressive hooligans rigging the game if the Dems run the table next month?
Go ahead punk.
Make my day.
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Ralph Benko is Chairman, The Capitalist League and contributor to the ARRA News Service.
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Democratic Party militants are agitating to eliminate the filibuster, pack or term limit the U.S. Supreme Court, abolish the electoral college, and add D.C., Puerto Rico and maybe Samoa to spangle Old Glory to pad their Senate majority.
Armageddon?
I say, game on!
There are plenty of countermoves by the regulars in both parties to make these advocates of mob rule rue the day they decided to start playing with fire. To paraphrase Dirty Harry, "Feeling lucky, Punk?"
...
Plus the GOP owns the real .44 Magnum here: Texas. Texas has the unalloyed right, without congressional approval, to create four new states. Texans haven't split Texas up because Texans are big galoots. They've assumed Texas would have to break up into 5 Tennessee-size states. Texans like Texas big. But hold on, pardner.
This overlooks a key fact. The Texas annexation joint resolution of 1845 allows Texas to split into 5 states of "convenient" size and having "sufficient" population. Anything bigger than Rhode Island is ipso facto of convenient size and anything with a population greater than Wyoming's 586,107 is of sufficient population.
(Republican) Texas Governor Greg Abbott in concert with the (Republican) Texas legislature could deftly carve out four "Tiny Texases" – coincidentally, all Republican! – sacrificing only maybe 3% of the Lone Star State's territory and less than 10% of its population.
Big Texas stays Big while lifting Texas's presence in the Senate from two to 10. Bonus: four new governors and four new congresspeople, all Republican, 16 new statewide offices. Texas could gift wrap and give each of President Trump's kids a high office with plenty left over, swamping any possible gains from feckless Democratic maneuvering. (Governor Abbott? What's stopping you?)
So. Should we fear progressive hooligans rigging the game if the Dems run the table next month?
Go ahead punk.
Make my day.
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Ralph Benko is Chairman, The Capitalist League and contributor to the ARRA News Service.
Tags: Ralph Benko, Make My day, Sane Party Regulars, Say to Progressive Democrats, 'Feeling Lucky, Punk? To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and "Like" Facebook Page - Thanks!
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