Angry democrats sucking on sour grapes is getting old, and its only Friday.
On Nov 4, 2:53 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Angry Voters Choose Government Gridlock, Investigations and Shutdown > > -by Bob Cesa > > There are a variety of explanations for the frustratingly backwards > outcome of yesterday's election. > > Clearly Americans were dissatisfied with the objective reality that > the Obama administration and the congressional Democrats actually made > things better by cutting the deficit by an historic $122 billion; > creating upwards of three million new jobs; ending the war in Iraq; > passing the largest middle class tax cut in history; and rescuing the > economy from the brink of collapse. Not good enough, obviously. > > Or did voters simply not know about these accomplishments? That's > entirely possible given the Democratic Party's uncanny penchant for > running away from its successes, while also fumbling very basic > add-water-and-serve marketing chores. (And, by the way, adding to the > party's failures to ballyhoo its accomplishments, the progressive > movement was systematically out-hustled, out-gunned and outmaneuvered > for much of the last two years.) > > Of course there's also the Flailing Rage Factor, which I tend to favor > as a reason for yesterday's outcome more than ignorance or lack of > Democratic marketing chops. For two years now, Americans have been > incited by fakery and horror stories to the point of being pumped up > into a 'roid raging mob chanting shallow platitudes and bumper sticker > zingers -- incoherently attacking Speaker Pelosi's face, and bent out > of shape by the fact that there's not a doddering old white guy > stumbling through the West Wing spinning grandfatherly yarns about > American mornings and saintly cowboys. > > Ultimately, what Americans voted for yesterday was divided government, > which admittedly isn't new in American politics. We typically like the > idea of two sides, Congress and the White House, locking horns and > ultimately compromising on the important matters of the day. > > Unfortunately, this is a "pre-01/20/09" mindset. It's a mass delusion > based on antiquated political attitudes. > > The era when Republicans would, at least reluctantly, compromise with > a Democratic president is long gone. > > What voters unknowingly asked for yesterday was gridlock: immovable, > unprecedented, insufferable gridlock of the worst kind, and at the > worst time imaginable. > > The Republicans have no intention of handing the president any > successes. They'll never in a million years compromise with this White > House, or the Senate Democrats for that matter, because any move in > that direction will bring down the loud, screechy tweet wrath of Sarah > Palin and the Tea Party who will neither accept nor support anyone who > appears to be leaning in the direction of the Obama agenda. > > How do I know this? There's two years of precedent, naturally -- and > the Republicans weren't even the majority party in the House during > that time. They voted against anything and everything that came down > the line, regardless of how politically awful it looked (health care > for 9/11 workers, bonuses for the troops, etc.). Now imagine what > they're going to accomplishment in the name of "Hell No You Can't!" > now that they enjoy a decent majority in the House and a narrow > minority in the Senate. > > Now that they're in control of appropriations and all House > legislation, they'll only take up business the president would never > in a million years sign into law, because as soon as he signs a bill, > any bill, it becomes a win for the White House. A victory, however > minor, that the president would be able to campaign on in 2012. > Consequently, the Republican Party and its Tea Party base will only > deliver far-right crap on a stick, with deceptive names and > semi-hidden, unacceptable amendments that will make the legislation > instant veto fodder. > > So it's difficult to imagine a scenario whereby anything gets done > from January 2011 through, at least, January 2013. > > Strike that. > > Yesterday's election launched America headlong across the zero barrier > of the Darrell Issa Decade. Welcome, my friends, to the suck that > never ends. Let the cartoons begin! > > Brace yourself for a wide variety of investigations designed to slowly > fester into an all out impeachment necrosis. The Republicans will > absolutely investigate ACORN, those two Black Panther guys in > Philadelphia, birth certificates, Joe Sestak's (unpaid) job offer, the > oil spill response, the tax records of anyone even remotely associated > with the White House and, for good measure, I'll go out on a McCarthy > limb and predict another congressional witch hunt for commies, with > maybe even a bonus witch hunt for Muslim evildoers, in the Obama > government. > > The cable news media will enjoy this thoroughly. And by "enjoy" I mean > "inject it into its bloodstream like black tar heroin laced with > permanent orgasms." And we can all rest assured knowing that, with a > few obvious exceptions (Maddow, Olbermann), the coverage will be > framed with advantage Issa. > > Oh, and did I mention the inevitable government shutdown? Just wait > until the House attempts to de-fund health-care reform in the next > budget and, predictably, the president refuses to sign it. The > government will shut down and all of those > anti-government-health-care, anti-socialism retirees stop receiving > their Social Security checks and Medicare reimbursement checks. And > why? Who knows. They'll tell you something about "freedom" and > "slavery" and trail off when they begin to slowly realize that they > can't pay the bills that month because they elected a Congress that > would rather torment the president than actually accomplish the > business of governing. > > See, unlike the Democratic Party -- and the pre-Bush-era Republican > Party for that matter -- the modern Republican Party, driven by the > contradictory memes of the Tea Party movement, doesn't require or seek > legislative success to thrive as long as there's fear, inchoate rage > and a mega-funded media apparatus (Fox News and talk radio) to spread > the nonsense far and wide. So why bother digging into the ugly > business of compromise with the other side? There's no need. The total > lack of legislative accomplishment can simply be masked over with loud > noises and sloganeering aimed at blaming, you know, the black guy. > > Again, how do I know? The strategy paid off bigtime yesterday. > > One final thought: I wonder if this will help to ameliorate a slow > growth economy. Don't bet on it. > > More:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/angry-voters-choose-gover_b_7... > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
