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Political Black Ice.

I like it.

I also like how this post allows the true colors of some of you to jump to the fore. You are negative, nay saying Neanderthals, one-issue voters, without the good sense to grab the gold ring in front of you. You talk of Bush’s signing of the Farm bill and Education bills only for their fiscal results, yet you ignore the political results, which are far more tangible and valuable to your own causes.

The reason that Republicans were able to gain control of Congress, is directly related to the passage of bills that Conservatives may not like or appreciate. Passing bills is deal-making. No one side is ever going to get everything they want in a bill, even if Congress was 99% Republican. The remaining 1% would be the most powerful entity in government. The powers to withhold, delay, stall, or filibuster an issue before congress is stronger than the power to get things done.

In spite of that, you negative nabobs never talk about the positives beyond the tax cut that Bush has brought to society. You don’t discuss how civil service jobs are being opened up for privatization. You never mention the positive changes taking place in the military, including leadership, or how pay has been raised more under Bush than under 8 years of Clinton. I don’t hear any talk about how interest rates remain low, along with the value of the dollar, which promotes trade by making imported items more uncompetitive without tariffs.

I might drop dead if one of you nabobs talks about how many potential terrorist attacks have been thwarted, how many assets of terrorists have been confiscated, and how Bush is actually reshaping the entire Middle East, which will ultimately lead to even better security here in America. How many of you nabobs thought Arafat could ever accept a Prime Minister, even in name alone?

Then there are all the bad things that DIDN’T happen because Bush is President, and we DO NOT have a Democratic congress. I would like to see some balance from you nabobs. Why don’t you discuss all the bad things that were avoided by this president? You talk as if Albert Gore would have been the answer to your prayers. You see the glass as half empty, and are up complaining, bitching and moaning before noon. It must suck to be you. People who can only see and focus on the negative, in spite of all the good and positive things around them, are hell to be around.

Why not go set up your own negative forums, so you and your partners in misery can all sit together sharing chicken little punditry until you get so worked up, you have to take a nap? Look around you. Life is good, people. Sure, people are losing jobs, and we have challenges here and abroad, but hell, did you think it was going to be cake? You think your vote is some kind of pact that the man you select is going to do your bidding. In this Constitutional Republic, the man you select is there to do what he thinks is best, with your faith and trust in his judgment over the other guy you did not vote for.

If you trust the judgment of Albert Gore, or Howard Dean, or Hillary Clinton, or anyone else this president may run against in the future, then knock yourselves out voting for them. But do this newbie a favor and stop bitching so much. Sometimes it’s not fun to come here in the morning and see your constant gripe, gripe, griping, when the truth is that there has never been more opportunity for good since Reagan. Things could be a LOT worse, dammit.

Anyone offended by what I said can just shut up, because I have not had my coffee yet this morning, and it could have been MUCH worse.