Juan Cole explains the hypocrisy at work in the latest Republican campaign meme — that we have to elected Republicans to the White House or the Senate to prevent one-party rule.
Moreover. the Republicans did have one-party rule in 2000-2006 and really did have all three branches of government under their control. Can anyone think of any major Republican leader in that period who argued that it was a bad thing and who urged voters to cast ballots for Democrats in order to restore some checks and balances?
On the contrary, the Republicans seriously considered abolishing the Senatorial tradition of requiring 60 for the passage of especially important measures such as confirming justices. They wanted to be more, not less, powerful, to exercise the prerogatives of one-party rule without let or hindrance.
Hank Kalet 
See that\’s the illusion, there is only ONE party. Democans and Republicrats are two sides of the same coin. They are willful co-conspirators in keeping up the illusion that government is anything more than a gang who will use force to rob and subdue you to their will. Please, voting is like fly on an elephant\’s butt. No more than a mere annoyance. After all you have to have something to keep the rubes ammused. So sheeple, be amused at the hubris that means nothing. You\’ll have more of your wealth stolen, your freedoms abridged, and your peace disturbed.\”May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams