Posted on 12/19/2010 1:54:56 AM PST by Scanian
Rev. Senator Harry Reid famously said before the Bush surge in Iraq, "This war is lost." It wasn't. But you could take one look at his face Thursday night, the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party that signifies the American revolt against Great Britain. Reid's expression said as plain as day that the Democrats' old stock in trade, class war, is lost -- at least for now.
First to fall was the Omnibus Bill, the reason for Reid's downcast visage. It was, tweeted internet wit Iowahawk, a "Turporducken." "Pork, inside a lame duck, baked inside a gigantic turd."
If you wonder why such a two-thousand-plus-page monstrosity was ever proposed in the lame duck Congress after the November rout, when voters made clear they wanted profligate government spending halted, here's why. In order to get agreement to the many outrageous new items of government spending before year's end, Reid had bribed senators on both sides of the aisle with countless earmarks to sweeten the bill and get their votes.
The idea is that when the voters learn of the giveaways and scream, their senators can mollify them with the earmarks, telling them how much bacon they brought home. But the pressure brought to bear by the Tea Party stiffened the spines of the Republicans and maybe even of several Democrats, forcing Reid to pull the bill and keep it from a floor vote. Who wants to be the last to die politically for a Turporducken? The countless sad goodbyes to defeated colleagues focused a lot of senatorial minds.
The Tea Party did this, though it has from its inception been derided by the elites and media as know-nothings and racists. The Tea Party's impact came despite the pundits' claims that the revolt was over and that the party was impotent
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They’ll be back. Socialism never sleeps.
Neither does envy, which is what socialism really appeals to.
But it’s still nice to beat Reid and the ‘Rats for a change-—it’s been a while.
Class warfare is the true senseless war. It is just as deadly and expensive as conventional warfare but more tempting to declare. I’m afraid the left will always try to gain power by using greed to control the masses and fuel the heat of war.
LOL...I'm savin' that baby.
Sure beats “s__tburger” or “crap sandwich,” doesn’t it?
The msm remains silent about the unemployment rate rising to over 14% in Nevada.
He has brought hell to the US in general and in particular to his state.
We are very close to the point of no return with almost 50% of the population on some sort of government handout.
We used to control our immigration. Letting in people with a job or sponsor and a work ethic.
Thanks to Ted Kennedy primarily, that is gone.
Now they come here for the handouts. And the Rats and Rinos encourage it for the votes it will give them.
For there to be class warfare, the classes must be identified.
That identity is obtained by profiling.
It is ok to profile to find out who to attack as rich but not ok to profile a black or Mexican kid who is criminally assaulting society
You are so right. The forces that fuel socialism, the narcissism and lust for power that motivate its ‘leaders’, and the self-interest, envy, and class hatred that motivate many of its proponents are unfortunately not in short supply.
Class warfare is the politics of envy. The 10th commandment was clear about this.
just get me to the 112 Congress and I can relax a little over sneaky Harry Reid.
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