Saturday Reading January 31, 2009
Posted by denmick in Uncategorized.14 comments
William Greider: The Republicans, it’s very clear, they are staking out a sort of—what they think is a no-lose, hard-right position: “We will be against anything significant this new president is attempting, because we know it’s going to fail, not because it’s Obama’s fault, but because this force, the negative forces bearing down on our economy and the world are overwhelming.” So they think, you know, six months from now they will say, “We told you this was socialism,” “We told you this was wasteful,” etc.
… I think the President is doing what he said he would do. He’s trying to be bipartisan. And I suspect he will keep doing that, regardless of the Republican position, because he understands that the country is in deep trouble, and people are not interested in another cat-and-dog fight. They want to see something happen. If it doesn’t work, do something more, try something else. But the idea of just standing back and making their ideological speeches about socialism is ridiculous.
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GIF image courtesy of C&L which accurately depicts what the GOP has been doing to everyone for the past 30 years or so since Tricky Dick was in charge.
Not for the politically squeamish to try and fight them off while they are having their way with the country but a necessity to return us to a position of respect in the World.(which by the way thinks we are a bunch of squabbling spoiled brats)
Time to regulate the talk shows and have ratings attached such as “I” for idiotic or “R” for retarded, or “T” for traitorous, call a spade a spade, not a shovel.
