The Great Republican Illusion

Before you read this article, I want you to try out a David Copperfield illusion and then return to read the rest of the article by hitting the “Back” button in your toolbar. Somewhere in my article I’ll explain how this illusion works. Try the illusion now by clicking on the small red cross.



My purpose in using this illusion is to demonstrate the way that our Republican Congress has been bamboozling us for years, and we are fed up. Don’t get me wrong; I am still a strong supporter of President Bush and the way he is conducting the war on Islamic terrorists. That is clearly the most important issue of the day, and I am generally supportive of his overall policies.

It is all this other baloney, put forth by what are called “RINO’s” (Republicans In Name Only) that has me so angry. We didn’t fight for and contribute so much money to gain Republican victories to have them vote down ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)drilling and pass a whole string of anti-conservative, pro-liberal measures.

Lets look at the record, starting with Bush 41:

“No new taxes” - we got new taxes!

Americans with Disabilities Act – we got lawsuits from drunks, druggies and obscenely obese people who now have rights the rest of us don’t have because we have some self-discipline.

The use of federal power to punish the police who overdid it trying to restrain and punish a drug-crazed Rodney King whose antics threatened their lives.

And let’s look at what we have had to swallow with Bush 43:

McCain-Finegold Act (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act) granting special political speech rights to the media and to labor unions while depriving the rest of us of our freedom of speech with no noticeable decline in political fund-raising.

No Child Left Behind Act – seeing how it poisons the educational process, we wanted less federal involvement in education; instead we got more.

Medicare Drug Bill (Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003) – for the first time in history Medicare became a welfare program with means-testing and all the rest of the confusion, intrusiveness, embarrassment and corruption that goes with it.

Illegal Immigration - with our country at risk as never before, not only from the entry of Islamofascist terrorists with weapons that can annihilate hundreds of thousands of Americans at one time (see Jose Padilla), but with our American culture being overwhelmed in some areas by multicultualists hyping Hispanic culture over our own, no strong action is being taken to stop illegals from entering the country.

And now, with drilling for new oil a top priority for economic and national security reasons, and with a hard fought victory within our grasp, the “moderate” Republicans throw away drilling in ANWR and off the Gulf coast. I am angry and looking for answers.

The David Copperfield Illusion uses a gimmick, just like our fair-haired Republicans do. The gimmick is that the five cards David shows you are not any of the cards he showed you at first. No matter what card you select, it will never appear in the second set of cards.