Is my crystal ball working?

After writing a post like I did yesterday about the uses of desperate voters I, naturally, didn't sleep well. The thought that came at 5:00 am. was a prediction. Probably not long after the GOP convinces the desperate populace that democracy doesn't work and the Constitution is suspended putting them in control, the purse strings of the government will magically open. This will provide enough money to significantly drop the unemployment rate (at least for a while) and essentially tell worried citizens, "See, democracy was the problem. Now that Dear Leader is in charge, everyone can be prosperous."

A reminder -- that prediction came from a restless, sleep deprived brain and doesn't have any facts to back it up. It seemed plausible at the time (and still does in the light of day), but I make no claims about the accuracy of my crystal ball. The prediction is based on my (no doubt faulty) recollection on how fast it took the Third Reich to overcome the monetary disasters of the Weimar Republic and that the US economy is nowhere near that bad (though one can't tell that to the current sufferers).

The next question my restless brain pondered was how long does that largesse last and what keeps the Party in power beyond that? In the past, both in Germany of the 1930s and the GOP since the start of the Cold War, power was granted by the populace because the powerful claimed to protect that populace from some menace. In today's world there are plenty of bogeymen about. The list includes Islamic terrorists, immigrants (I think the word "illegal" is getting left off now), and … gays.

Throughout this scenario I note there is no Dear Leader on the horizon. However, I remember that once Bush II was in office and his policies became obvious there were many who referred to him as Dear Leader.

Terrence Heath has been putting out the occasional essay about the latest GOP shenanigans. These include: How the GOP Young Guns offer nothing different than the failed (and deadly) policies of the last decade yet have a stronger commitment to them. How Mike Huckabee refers to people with pre-existing medical conditions as a "burned down house" that is no longer worth insuring. How the GOP has already threatened to shut down government (through simply refusing to pass a budget) if they gain the House next month. How the GOP Pledge for America is really only a pledge to 1% of Americans. How they intend to keep up the mantra, "We can't afford it!" How the privatization of public services has started to affect us -- a couple forgot to pay their fire protection fee, so the fire department stood by and watched their house burn down.

But I'm too fed up with it all to tell you about it in any detail. Go read it for yourself. Then tell me what to do about it, other than vote for spineless Democrats.