GOP Sign: Time to Rebuild America! From What, You Might Ask?

Are the Republicans in Livingston County a little off their game right now?

Michigan motorists along I-96 in Livingston County might be a little confused by a sign that urges them: "Help Rebuild America with President John McCain."

First of all, he is not president now, as the sign implies. We are not re-electing a "President" John McCain -- although it could be argued that we are re-electing George Bush if we elect John McCain.

But the bigger question is, after eight years of George Bush and his policies -- supported by John McCain -- why do we need to "rebuild America?"

Shouldn't eight years of George Bush have resulted in a better America? And if it didn't, why should we vote for another Republican? Especially a Republican who supports Bush's policies.

But since Republicans brought up the matter, let's list some of the things we need to rebuild America from:

--A disastrous war in Iraq that has cost thousands of American lives (and many thousands more innocent Iraqi lives), damaged our prestige, and cost of billions of dollars, all while the Iraqi government bickers amongst itself and piles up billions of dollars in oil profit that they won't even spend to rebuild their own country.
--A budget deficit that has skyrocketed out of control and threatens to burden our children and our children's children with interest payments to China.
--Erosion of our constitutional rights to be free of government snooping on innocent civilians who have committed no crime whatsoever.
--Policies that favor the mega-wealthy over working people, such as the Bush tax cuts, which are now the McCain tax cuts.
--The failure to create an energy policy that will protect our planet and keep energy affordable.
--Trade policies that let jobs go overseas and an economic adviser who tells Americans they are whiners to complain about the economy.
--A health care system that costs more than any other one in the world while delivering results that aren't even in the top 25.

Yes, we need to rebuild America -- from Republican policies.

And we need to do it with Barack Obama.