It seems I have written about this before, but given how
entertaining I can be, does it really matter? For new readers, let me quickly catch you up on what’s been
going on. I have spent an
inordinate amount of time whining.
When is enough enough.
Today.
This blob will not be about me, enough about me, let’s talk
about something else. Don’t get
excited, this is not a happy talk blob, it about politics.
It is hard to believe that 42 year old Paul Ryan, (fiscal
conservative doesn’t begin), might be the next Vice President of the United
States. For those of us who have
our roots in Presidential politics, we know it doesn’t matter because no one
listens to the Vice President, however, it certainly sends a message—which is
always the best reason to select someone who might be considered
controversial. If you consider
wanting to get rid of “medicare as we know it” , or lowering taxes on the rich,
controversial. This might be a
place where we can say enough is enough. But that would be too
predictable. Medicare seems to
work OK. It is probably one
government program that does. And
the rich do not really need a tax break, because when they get one, (as
exampled by the Bush cuts) they are always willing to share it with those less
fortunate. The old trickle
down, turned the economy around
last time (360 degrees), and there is no reason to believe it won’t work
again—except it won’t. Trust me,
I’m an expert, I know almost everything – especially when enough is enough.
This all feels too familiar. When Gore ran against Bush, we all said that the Republicans
made a big mistake selecting him. As it happens, they didn’t and Bush got to be President,
not once, but twice. People can
say that Bush cheated or the chads didn’t work, but the fact is, it doesn’t
matter. Bush was in the White House long enough to do real damage to the
economy, and the nation’s mental health – war after war will do that. So when
we look at the two, rather four opposing candidates, we see a picture painted
by colorful rhetoric. In the case
of Paul Ryan, his speech was filled with pictures of a beautiful future. The words and questions; opportunity, leadership, courage,
truth. What kind of people do we
want to be? I know! I know! We all
want to be rich and secure. And we all want to be cute and have cute children
and grandchildren,
When Gore ran he insisted that people aspired to be in the
middle class. No one aspires to be ordinary (which in effect was how people
interpreted that). Kerry let the opposition make mincemeat of his war record.
No one wants a Commander in Chief, who’s resume reads like chopped liver. And the democrats still don’t get it. Candidates are defined by what people
hear. It doesn’t matter what they
say, because what they say is meaningless once they get elected.
President Obama is a good guy, who killed Ben Laden, he
almost ended all our wars, and has been trying to jump start a devastated
economy. But what do we hear? He has failed as a leader. He has discouraged entrepreneurship, he
has not made any progress in any area including putting people back to work, and (the
last punch), he is not really an American.
You would think that some genius in the White House would
say enough is enough, and understand that circumstances (especially in the
Congress), made it impossible to make any progress. But, they still don’t know what the Mayor of Chicago knew. You cannot approach an enemy (and that’s what the Republican
Congress has become), with an outstretched arm and an expectation of someone
taking your hand. You need to kick
ass—which they had the opportunity to do before the republicans drank the cool aid, (sorry tea), and democrats were still in the
majority. The republican
candidates are already saying, enough is enough, and it might just work. The democrats, well if they don’t
understand how to do that, and they can no longer ask my mother, then who knows. We're just sayin.... Iris
3 comments:
Yes!!
Democrats haven't been able to fight back, with the possible exception of James Carville, since LBJ. They simply seem incapable of attacking and when a bully is allowed to run amok without a beat down, a bully is successful.
Hard to get excited about a party that allows itself to be trashed continually without a retort.
@David Hutson - and if we don't get excited, what happens. We need to light a fire under their asses. O said something about not responding to the radicals and progressives in his own party. Well, he damn well better!
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