Posted on 03/08/2009 3:23:12 AM PDT by Scanian
The Washington Post editors notice that the economy is a mess and getting worse. And they sound miffed:
And yet for the past several days, Washington has been consumed by the point-scoring possibilities of a flap over commentator Rush Limbaugh. It is almost unbelievable that grown men and women in government, of either party, are spending time and energy on this. The whole world is watching, counting on Washington for leadership. The president and lawmakers of both parties must provide it.
Let’s put aside the naked hypocrisy for a moment and ignore the number of stories the Post ran on this subject, (and on page one no less). The editors use a passive voice — “Washington has been consumed” — which deserves further scrutiny. Wasn’t it Obama’s political hit men who cooked up the scheme to Limbaugh-ize the GOP? Wasn’t it Gibbs and Rahm Emanuel who egged on reporters? It is not the Republicans who are claiming Limbaugh should be crowned head of the party. To the contrary the GOP’s elected leaders have been imploring the media to get back to the economy, the grotesque omnibus spending bill, and, frankly, the president’s cluelessness about the market crash.
So if they had wanted to be accurate, the editors should have written:
And yet for the past several days, the Obama administration has been consumed by the point-scoring possibilities of a flap over commentator Rush Limbaugh. It is almost unbelievable that grown men and women in government, are spending time and energy on this. The whole world is watching, counting on Washington for leadership. The president and lawmakers of both parties must provide it.
That’s plainly what is going on.
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The liberals are in control, so why Rush or others?
Control, Control is what it is about to the point of a mental disease?
With liberals, power and control is all that has ever mattered.
The Dem's primary purpose is to destroy, not lead and so that long pregnant pause you are sensing is them looking for another scapegoat or escape from responsibly.
They think it is a convenient diversion to have a boogie man in Rush, it wont work though I think.
Never heard of the phrase "Bread and Circuses?"
Now socialists are in control.
Frying pan into the fire !
That can be sooooo disappointing.
It has been bad before (esp. under the Philanderer in Chief), but the "leadership" of this administration/congress combination looks really adolescent, at best.
Every attempt to fix the economy gets revealed as more bellying up to the trough for the "leaders".
Every time big "O" opens his mouth, it's to whine about the "inherited crisis" and the stock market takes another dive.
Big O can't even speak without teleprompters (guess that's easier to explain than having an arm up his butt).
It's as if a group of teens were given the ATM card; the keys to the house, car, and liquor cabinet; and told that mommy and daddy will be out of town from Friday until Tuesday.
exactly
Intil conservatives fill the power vaccuum in the party with credible leadership, Rush will be the default whipping boy. We need the kind of leadership that Newt has provided in the past but are too busy fighting among ourselves to get anything in place in time for 2010 or 2012. We are doomed!
Dear Leader: HOPE, yes we can! CHANGE, yes we can!
But shame? Nope.
Hard to find fault with that sentiment. Watched Huckabee last night, saw more direct leadership potential out of a 14-year-old boy than is being displayed by many party "leaders".
Right now it seems there's a little bit of squabble, but more disorientation -- who has the recognition, the charisma, the ability to communicate the message.
In part, I think that until a certain pain threshold is reached, people will give O a lot of slack to screw them without holding him or his ilk accountable. But that threshold has to be crossed, to establish clearly that the current administration's strategies are not the answer to the problem.
It’s mind boggling that the political intelligentsia spends this much time on Rush with all else that requires attention. It IS diversionary.
I don’t get what they are trying to accomplish - keep so called moderate voters on their side and keep them hating Republicans?
Are they that worried about the 2010 elections already?
The sad thing is that Steele and others took the bait and fell into the trap. They should have been more astute.
Counting on Washington for leadership, now thats hilarious!
This is what I have so far...
"VIRTUAL PARTY" STRATEGY: Start as a "virtual party" that endorses those candidates from the existing parties based on the degree of their agreement with the TEA PARTY platform. Only run TEA PARTY candidates in those cases where a good chance of victory is projected. DECENTRALIZATION STRATEGY: Appoint TEA PARTY executives in each state who represent the TEA PARTY platform. This eliminates the possibility of the TEA PARTY being vulnerable to the loss of any individual members. GENERAL PLATFORM: 1. Greatly reduce all federal taxes 2. Eliminate all government waste 3. Strengthen the military 4. Impose higher standards within the education system 5. De-militarize federal law enforcement agencies 6. Ween the nation from welfare 7. Impose reasonable financial controls (eliminate "loan sharking" by banks). 8. Return to an economic system based on free competition (subject to reasonable regulation). 9. Require a high school diploma and a non-criminal background to vote. 10. Require nation-of-original labeling on all food. 11. Eliminate frivolous law suits. 12. Standardize insurance packages and guarantee true competition between insurance companies. 13. De-politicize the medical industry - let doctors be doctors. ECONOMY-RELATED MEASURES 1. Define and initiate a plan for re-privatizing all banks that have been nationalized. 2. Allow all non-bank businesses to go bankrupt. 3. Commence immediate investigations into any and all possible cases of "economic treason and malfeasance" being committed against the American people, with harsh punishments for all found guilty.
Well, when we DO get someone who can lead, does a good job and is what we like (Palin and Jindal) the GOP eats their own. Or sits back and lets the DNC pound the crap out of them.
The Washington Post editors notice that the economy is a mess and getting worse. And they sound miffed:And yet for the past several days, Washington has been consumed by the point-scoring possibilities of a flap over commentator Rush Limbaugh.
"Hey, look over there!", the MSM shouts, pointing towards Limbaugh and away from the floundering Obama.
“liberals” aren’t liberal. They want total control of laws, colleges, schools, and the media.
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