Gingrich wins South Carolina

Newt Gingrich claims a decisive victory in the 2012 South Carolina Republican primary. Mitt Romney comes in second place even with the endorsement and support of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Newt Gingrich’s campaign caught fire with a message attacking poor children, President Obama, and the mainstream media. Apparently when you run on the message that poor kids in America need to get a job as janitors, mainstream media shouldn’t try to shine a spotlight on a candidates infidelities, and President Obama is a “food stamp” president, it resonates with the South Carolina Evangelical Christian G.O.P. voters.

So if I have this correct, in South Carolina, it is better to cheer a candidate for his infidelities than to support a President who provides assistance to families in need. Let’s be clear, it was the policies of the Bush Administration that drove this country into the worst recession since the great depression back in the 1930s. As a result, a lot of American families are hurting and are in need of government assistance. Now Mr. Gingrich wants to call our current President a “food stamp president.” Throughout history, Americans who have had the same views as the modern day far-right extremists or the modern day G.O.P. ideology, have forced the federal government to take action to preserve the American dream for all Americans. Just for fun let me remind you of a few of these instances.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. This act by the federal government would not have been necessary in America if it were not for those Americans who had the same views as the modern day far-right extremists. If you can remember, this is the law that ensures that employment discrimination in American is not tolerated.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Minimum Wage). This act by the federal government was passed so that workers were properly compensated for their work, and also prohibited child labor. This was yet another act by the federal government that would not have been necessary if it were not for those Americans who had the same views as the modern day far-right extremists.

Affirmative Action of 1961 was similar to the Equal Employment Act which was again the federal government (John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B Johnson) giving executive orders for employers to hire without regard to race and on an equal opportunity basis. Again this action would not have been necessary if it were not for those Americans who had the same views as the modern day far-right extremists.

Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) was a huge decision by the U.S. Supreme court (Federal Court). The opinion of this nation’s highest federal court in this case stated that the segregation of schools allowed by the states violated the fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. I bet you can’t guess what would have ever made a court case like this necessary.

Are you starting to see a pattern here yet? As I fast forward this article to the year 2012, I’d like to point out the fact that we’ve all heard about how modern day far-right extremist have huge issues and disagreements with the federal government. They want “smaller government.”, federal government is “too big”, etc, etc, etc. If we look at the examples given above and understand the pattern that it shows, we can come to a conclusion of what the main issue is. Far-right extremist and the federal government are on the opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to the issues of equality and fairness in America.

Make no mistake, it was these very same far-right extremist voters that propelled Newt Gingrich to victory in South Carolina. He gave them what they wanted. A message attacking poor kids, President Obama, the federal government, and the mainstream media. Congratulations Mr. Gingrich! You won that round. Now the G.O.P. circus moves on to the state of Florida.