Evil Is Attitude

By: Norm Walker

Evil is about attitude. Hate is evil. Republicans hate Democrats. They must because they are always calling them names. They insult, degrade, and lie about Democrats. This pernicious behavior is evil.

A lot of these depraved people go to church on Sunday and many on Wednesday evening, and they pray to God for forgiveness. And then, again and again, they say bad things about people that help the poor and afflicted because it is the government people that are doing the aiding. This ill will toward the unfortunate is a policy of Republicans. It is a public display of the evil they practice daily.

These evil people are intolerant toward folks that have different views. They condemn to eternal hell those that do not believe as they do. Eternity is a long time to suffer for a mere difference of opinion. In general it's Republican policy to support harsh penalty's for minor infraction of societal rules. This is an evil attitude.

Take notice that if a poor boy steals a chicken to feed his family they want him placed in prison for 10 years. If he is a rich Corporate CEO that steals millions from the workers pension funds they give him a slap on the wrist. This is evil.

After giving their positions careful consideration the only acceptable conclusion is that, despite their cynical "family values" propaganda, the Republican party is a criminal conspiracy to betray the interests of the American people in favor of oligarchic and corporate interests and absolutist religious groups. Why? Because they're evil.

A great example of evil has been Republican behavior and attitude toward Campaign Finance Reform. It is not really a bipartisan issue, and the Republicans get much more corporate $ than Democrats. People identify campaign finance reform with John McCain, and he deserves a lot of the credit. But in the February 14, 2002, House vote on the Shays-Meehan bill, which would eliminate soft money, the vote was 240-189, with 198 out of 210 Democrats in favor, and 176 out of 217 Republicans opposed. Can we honestly say that this is a bipartisan bill? This is the evil Republicans hard at work covering their backsides. You want to know why? Just look at this fact:

"Hard Money": Republicans $132.3M; Democrats $54.6M

"Soft Money": Republicans $87.8M; Democrats $61.9M

The Republicans win elections because Big Business buys them! This is evil.

Another good example of "evil" is President Bush cutting the Superfund cleanup. In 1995, the Republican Congress eviscerated the Superfund program by refusing to reauthorize the taxes on polluters that funded it. President Bush refused to pursue that reauthorization, ensuring that average taxpayers paid for the crimes of polluting companies. This is very evil.

Unsurprisingly, Superfund money has dwindled in the past few years, and now the Bush administration is cutting funds to 33 different Superfund sites. That's 33 horribly polluted places in America that won't be cleaned up any time soon, thanks to Bush (not a moron) and the rest of the GOP. How evil can can we be?

Republican policies result in Republican control of behavior. Evil behavior is the result of an evil attitude.