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| Source | Louis Proyect |
| Date | 11/04/09/13:40 |
| my.firedoglake.com
Obama DemoPods Feed Tea-GOP Zombies, Keep Washington Monument Open By: Scarecrow YOU WOULD think that a sentient President of the United States would be embarrassed, ashamed, and contrite after one of the more mindless and destructive governmental performances in years. Nope. Not the President who foolishly believes the federal government needs to tighten its belt because he’s clueless about the difference between families and the federal government. Has there ever been a Democratic President more befuddled about what leadership requires? Having locked his own DemaPod Party into voting to slash $38 billion for their own programs, Mr. Obama didn’t apologize. Instead he thought it was a moment to make another speech urging you to visit the Washington Monument, as though he were George Bush telling you to visit Disneyland. Why anyone would want to watch this spectacle of a government and party betraying their followers and making fools of themselves from the top of the Washington Monument escapes me. This President owes an explanation to the American people why, at a time when the nation’s critical needs are going unmet at both the federal and state levels, when 50 million people are without health insurance, record numbers in poverty, 14 million people are unemployed — millions for more than a year — and Governors are balancing their budgets on the backs of teachers, firemen, police, health and safety workers, etc, he thinks the right policy is to slash federal spending. Wrong, stupid, cruel, mindless. In short, a mistake. The final vote was in favor of this travesty was overwhelming, indicating the degree to which Pods and Zombies not control our government. Worse, Obama and the DemaPods foolishly maneuvered themselves into providing more than enough votes for the “largest spending cuts” in our history just so the 40 or so craziest Tea-GOP zombies could vote still “no.” That neat trick means the Tea-GOP zombies can avoid responsibility for the dirty work the Obama Pods just performed on their own base, but not offend their own zombie base. Then they can come back in the next round, only a month away to demand even more insane cuts than last night’s. And if you care about the “leadership” imagery, John Boehner just made Barack Obama look like a helpless fool. Boehner will get a few dumb primary threats, but he’s got two more rounds of this to buy off the Zombies and he’s perfectly positioned for that. Worse, Boehner will receive kudos from the Village for getting more than he first demanded and more than he ever expected, at zero cost to his party, while getting credit for being what passes for an “adult” in our nation’s capitol. Gosh, he’s not at all like the Zombies whose agenda he just furthered. “Compromise” is what the polls said Democratic voters wants, but where is the compromise? Repeal tax breaks on the rich? Make GE pay its share of taxes? Tax the banksters for their casino games? Never even considered. Instead, the “compromise” consisted of the DemaPods giving the Tea-GOP Zombies 2/3 of what they demanded in this hostage taking, instead of 3/3. But the Zombies still hold the hostages, because this will all replay on the debt limit debate a month from now. You really must wonder how many real people becoming DemaPods it will take before a real human Democrat wakes up and realizes that Barack Obama is destroying the Party and hurting the country, and to stand up and say, “enough! I won’t let you lead us over the cliff again.” The human casualty lists are in the New York Times. |
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