Democrats at the Crossroads

American Thinker.com ^ | October 5, 2021 | Christopher Chantrill

[Kaslin]

Our progressive friends in the House were congratulating themselves for a famous victory at the end of last week. But then we read that Democratic senators were really mad at Majority Leader Schumer’s secret deal with Joe Manchin (D-WA). And then we have AP saying that “Democratic progressives and centrists say they don’t trust each other.”

But you and I are just scratching our heads wondering about the truth behind the blizzard of lies.

To me, the truth behind a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill and a multi-trillion dollar “reconciliation” bill is that the grab-bag of free stuff the Democrats are pushing isn’t popular.

Nearly everybody here in Pramila Jayapal’s (D-WA) district is driving around in an electric car or displaying a virtue-signaling yard sign, but when you get down to it, climate change is all about nice little subsidies and carve-outs for the politically connected. And I suspect that nobody is really that interested in universal Pre-K and free community college and free dental. After all, if they were real vote-winners then our progressive friends would be advertising them rather than “infrastructure” or “zero dollars.”

I always go back to the Moynihan Rule. You need a 70-30 vote in the Senate to pass a big change. That’s because you need to pretend that your new handout -- your new free stuff, your new loot-and-plunder -- is the most glorious advance in our democracy and justice since whenever, and also has the “consent of the governed.”

[ClearCase_guy]

I went down to the crossroads tried to flag a ride
Down to the crossroads tried to flag a ride
Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by

[pnut22]

Not quite the topic, but does anyone know exactly why the democrats don’t want to use reconciliation for the Debt Ceiling bill? I know there are limitations on it and that it can only be used a certain number of times, but I really didn’t understand it when I tried to research it.

[wbarmy]

I believe that they only have one use left, and it is either the debt ceiling or the 3.5 trillion budget. They want to use it on the budget so they don’t have to explain it to anyone.

[Caipirabob]

Democrats were at the crossroads and crossed the line when they stole the 2020 election along with complicit scumbagger RINOs. There are no longer any true democrats. Enough said.

[pnut22]

I hope that’s why they are fighting tooth and nail not to use reconciliation for the debt ceiling. If Mitch McConnell and his heard of rinos can stick to their guns one time.. just one time.. I will be pleasantly surprised.

I am also sure that Schumer has something up his sleeve that will allow an exception to any senate rule, however.

[Liz]

We, the people, just scratch our heads wondering about the truth about the blizzard of dumb Democrat lies behind Bidens cockamamie trillion-dollar infrastructure bill and multi-trillion dollar “reconciliation” bill.

Methinks the grab-bag of free crap the transparent `Democrats are pushing, to secure their eternal power-mongering, isn’t very popular.

Climate change is all about getting rich quick.....nice little subsidies and carve-outs for the politically connected.

Nobody is really that interested in universal Pre-K and free community college and free dental. After all, if these freebies were real vote-winners then our ignoramus progressive friends would be advertising “them” rather than “infrastructure” or dopey Bidens dippy “zero dollars.”