People need to understand --Republicans don't care about the country

Republicans will NOT cooperate in any way to bring the country back into stability.  Their hatred of Obama, racially and politically, takes precedence over any concern they may have for America and its people in these dangerous times.  Yet, they love to call themselves "patriots."  Could anything be more hypocritical--and sad--than this?  They are willing to let us go down the tubes rather than help the president. Ever hear the saying "cutting off your nose to spite your face"?  We are seeing this in action in the halls of Congress.  Stupidity wedded to blind hatred = the Republican party.  And we are all suffering because of it.  The following article states the situation very clearly.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD
By Paul Krugman

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

EXCERPTS: The fact is that one of our two great political parties has made it clear that it has no interest in making America governable, unless it’s doing the governing. And that party now controls one house of Congress, which means that the country will not, in fact, be governable without that party’s cooperation — cooperation that won’t be forthcoming.

On one side, Republicans oppose just about everything that might reduce structural deficits: they demand that the Bush tax cuts be made permanent while demagoguing efforts to limit the rise in Medicare costs, which are essential to any attempts to get the budget under control. On the other, the G.O.P. opposes anything that might help sustain demand in a depressed economy — even aid to small businesses, which the party claims to love.

Right now, in particular, Republicans are blocking an extension of unemployment benefits — an action that will both cause immense hardship and drain purchasing power from an already sputtering economy. But there’s no point appealing to the better angels of their nature; America just doesn’t work that way anymore.

These days, national security experts are tearing their hair out over the decision of Senate Republicans to block a desperately needed new strategic arms treaty. And everyone knows that these Republicans oppose the treaty, not because of legitimate objections, but simply because it’s an Obama administration initiative; if sabotaging the president endangers the nation, so be it.

How does this end? Mr. Obama is still talking about bipartisan outreach, and maybe if he caves in sufficiently he can avoid a federal shutdown this spring. But any respite would be only temporary; again, the G.O.P. is just not interested in helping a Democrat govern.