Saturday, September 10, 2011

Republicans Want MORE Unemployment, Not Less

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Like I explained yesterday, Obama's speech, rather than a bold New Deal kind of clarion call to real action, was a mishmash of mostly Republican ideas that could possibly create a little momentum around the edges of the economic chasm the corporate politicians of both parties have created for the country. But, predictably, the Republicans won't even get behind this! As Obama headed out to Richmond-- a small sliver of which is in Cantor's predominantly suburban/exurban district-- the Republican House Majority Leader said the GOP could get behind a few of the ideas-- slicing up "entitlement" programs and cutting corporate taxes-- while rejecting the whole package.
"I certainly would like to see us be able to peel off some of these ideas, put them on the floor, vote them across the floor and get the senate to join with us so we can actually get something to the president and make some progress as quickly as possible."

The last thing in the world Cantor and his right-wing cronies want is for Obama to go to the people with the plan and start a fight. No doubt Cantor was focused on how the local media in his district would be covering Obama's visit to Richmond when he said "This is my objection to the message that was delivered tonight. The message was: either accept my package as it is, or I will take it to the American people. I would say that that’s the wrong approach. What we’re here to do is try to transcend differences, not let them get in the way in the areas we can make progress on."

Even after Cantor's politically inept shrieking about holding up hurricane and earthquake relief funds-- in the wake of an earthquake and hurricane in his own district-- he is unlikely to be defeated in a virtually all-white district specifically gerrymandered to safely elect Republicans. Bush won with 61% there both times and even McCain managed to win with 53%. Cantor was reelected in 2008 with 63% and last year with 59%. But what he could lose is the House majority-- and his job as Majority Leader. If Obama can persuade enough swing voters and disappointed Democrats that he wants to fix the economy and the Republicans are blocking him-- as they are-- it is likely that even if the GOP wins the Senate-- almost a foregone conclusion-- they'll lose the House.

Obama's package could only be seen as in any way controversial for conservatives if they are only focused on narrow partisan goals rather than on the needs of the country. As much as progressives are, once again, disappointed in Obama's half-assed attempts to get the job situation fixed, these are, after all almost ALL Republican ideas. And they are geared to create almost 2 million new jobs and grown the economy by 2%. With 14 million people unemployed that's a step in the right direction-- for America... but a step in the wrong direction for Republican politicians focused solely on power and on defeating Obama next year at the polls. They don't want any jobs created. They want their fascist ideology shoved down America's throat. Period.

A completely deranged teabagger, Bob Turner, could be the vehicle for Democrats in a Brooklyn-Queens district-- the one I, as well as Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders grew up in-- that they're fed up with Obama. NY-9 hasn't elected a Republican since one termer Andrew Petersen... in 1921. But the special election to replace Anthony Weiner Tuesday is now favoring Turner by 6% (according to a new Siena poll). Obama's approval rating there-- where he won an anemic 55% in 2008-- is only 43%. A Turner victory Tuesday would certainly bolster Cantor's and Republicans' resolve to go for broke.

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3 Comments:

At 10:38 AM, Anonymous A Conservative Teacher said...

It must make you feel so good to be so generous with other people's money- we should all give you a medal for pushing to spend money that isn't yours! That's kind of the whole basis of everything you believe, right- spend money that isn't yours on stuff that you want money spent on?

I guess if you or your thugs were in charge, and had the ability to just take people's property and order them to do things, you'd be much happier, right?

You're no different than any other tyrant and thug found anywhere else in the world- I pity you.

 
At 11:30 AM, Blogger John said...

And the first thing I would like to see is Obama going to the people with a plan and picking a prolonged fight with the radical reich.

Any fighting that President Pathological Bipartisanship manages to muster will, unfortunately, be minimally effective due to a mostly Republican "plan." (Analogous to Obama/Romney Care.)

John Puma

 
At 10:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's the whole Obama thing in a wee Drama.

He's the husband, the over-confident arrogant "I know best little lady" husband.
His base, marginal Democrats, independents and everyone who isn't a hard-core conservative, are The Wife

He was so attentive during courtship, said all the right things. Now that we're married to him, he's got us barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen with hungry babies.

He cheats
He cheats more and more. He stops bothering to apologize and try to win us back. He spends the money in the cookie jar that we scrimped to save.

When we say we're thinking if leaving him, he laughs and says "You won't" then he goes out and cheats again. Then he stops for a beer with his buddies and laughs about how we'll never leave him because we have no place to go.
Obama's people are quoted in the NYTimes expressing this same mentality, when it comes to voting time they're so sure that the people who's hearts Obama is breaking will have no place to go, will never choose a Republican, they are sure of the votes.

That callousness and arrogance, that total indifference to the people who put him in office, while being fully aware of how they feel, easily makes Barack Obama the worst President in recent memory. And his staff are the true "thugs" we keep hearing about.
He handles dissent, "whistleblowers" and "disrespect" the same way an abusive husband does too, so we have a beautiful situation going on here that's for sure.

You gotta hand it to the guy though... he sure as hell has delivered up some CHANGE

 

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