Posted on 12/06/2014 9:31:03 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Old habits die hard. The media are so enamored of the continuing (and largely contrived) story about the great Republican civil war that they fail to appreciate that the real internecine fight is being waged on the other side of the aisle.
I grant that there's a lot of shouting today among Republicans. But it's a ritual skirmish over whether a government shutdown would force the president to withdraw a signature measure last time, Obamacare; this time, executive amnesty.
From opposite sides of the (Democratic) spectrum, Schumer and Warren are trying to remake and reorient the Democratic Party post-Obama. So while Republicans are debating the tactics of stopping presidential lawlessness an inherently difficult congressional undertaking, particularly if you still control only a single house Democrats are trying to figure out what they believe and whom they represent.
Which do you think is the more serious problem?
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
All well and good, but will any of them actually ask the tough questions that need to be asked?
1. “Things are worse everywhere in the US after six years of Obama. Are our policies actually good for the country?”
2. “Should we begin putting Country before Party?”
3. “Is Communism really the answer?”
Krauthammer could have said this much more succinctly:
Democrats are trying to figure out how to lie more convincingly.
It would make a person think that Barack Obama really didn't have their best interests at heart.
Poor babies.
Only thing missing? Hand out guns so they can truly express themselves!
> The media are so enamored of the continuing (and largely contrived) story about the great Republican civil war that they fail to appreciate that the real internecine fight is being waged on the other side of the aisle.
Close, Krauthammer — it’s all about Partisan Media Shills.
Translation, How can we keep the American people from realizing that we are Communists without actually supporting something sane?
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