This may seem more like a ramble today but hey, it’s what I’m thinking about. First of all, I don’t see what all the fuss is about with Obama and the tax cuts. I expected it. This is the same guy that was pushing “merit pay” for teachers at the NEA convention in the summer of 2007. They later endorsed him. I say they got what they should have expected. Every time I hear some Republican like Glen Beck say Obama is a socialist I feel like screaming, “He is a corporatist just like the Republicans and a good chunk of the Democrats.” As for that “taken hostage” by the Republicans bit well here he is this weekend whooping it up for the camera with some little tykes celebrating Christmas. He doesn’t look much like a hostage victim here.
Obama, held hostage by the Republicans? Of course not! These little kids, maybe!
The part of me that is all about social justice just wishes Obama could be a bit more like a socialist. Here is a real socialist. If you haven’t heard about Bernie Sanders working hard on Friday to try and show the American people what’s up with the tax cut issue, watch this now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OtB298fHY
So the Obots have been fooled. Obama isn’t what they thought he was. Who is? That cool guy you married is really a slob underneath it all. Peel off the layers and most people aren’t necessarily what they appear to be. However, from my stand point Obama has always been Obama, nothing more and nothing less. He was a coddled child who has always had a pretty entitled life. He traveled all over the world, went to exclusive schools and hob knobbed with the rich and famous. For God’s sakes he’s pals with Oprah! Obama never had to do a hard day of labor in his life. That line he drew in the sand and drew again with the Republicans wasn’t for a fight. He was just getting ready to play hop scotch or some other sissy gave with them. The only thing he’s ever had to sweat about is when he’s playing “B” ball with his boys. Sweating would mess up his image anyway as the suave cool guy, you know the “popular” kid.
Today Obama is more like a pariah but he figures he’ll be cool again to all his buddies just as soon as he chastises them for daring to think. He looked pretty pathetic when he was whining about all of the promises he had kept since the campaign. He even talked about health care. He said the Democrats have tried for a hundred years to get something done and he, only little old he, could get anything done. He’s kept his promises all right. That’s why his presidency looks a lot like the GW one. We all know that anyone that voted for Obama really wanted one more term of Bush! Yeah, that’s what they voted for, another Bush term.
So, it seems Obama’s temper tantrum isn’t quite working so he had to call out Daddy “Bill” to get us all in line. I love Bill Clinton but truthfully he should have stayed out of this. All I could think about is that old picture of him signing the NAFTA bill. Bill isn’t always right and this time he is wrong. We as a nation are spending too much. Rest assured there will be cuts to come in the future if this isn’t addressed now. Tax cuts for the wealthy? It’s just unconscionable. I can listen until I’m blue in the face to Bill and Barack shining that turd and trying to convince us a turd isn’t a turd, but I know a turd when I see one. I say, “Shame on Bill” for hopping on the Obama express. Soon he’ll be under that bus like all the others. It also really bothers me that Hillary is a part of this administration. How she can believe that continuing the Bush policies is the right thing to do is beyond me. I thought she was better than that but the longer she stays glued to Obama’s hip the more slime from him comes off on her.
Remember when Obama couldn’t pick Hillary for the VP because he didn’t want to deal with the baggage called Bill? He didn’t know how to deal with Bill. I find all of this so interesting. Bill was basically called a racist by Obama, but he brushes that aside and jumps in as Obama’s “pitch” man? So what does Obama have on Bill? Politics is one slimy creature where people use and abuse each other in ways others can only imagine.
- The Image of a Weak President Walking Away!
An image from my memory bank that I'd like to forget.
I am harkened back to the John Edwards case. I will always believe that the Democratic Party knew all about John’s affair and used it on him when they didn’t want his politics to be THE politics. It was so convenient how everything was finally exposed just before the 2008 convention. If they wanted to kick John to the curb they could have still allowed Elizabeth to speak about the issue of health care for all. However, she was kicked out by being guilty by association. I have seen too many of these guys like John run around on their wives that it just seems to be common place. Some are forgiven for their behavior and some are vilified. John Edwards, whether you like him or not, spoke about poverty and health care for all. He talked about the little guy and not giving a seat at the table to the insurance companies because they’d eat all the food. Every time John has briefly surfaced he has been immediately vilified in the press. This has essentially kept him quiet and the ideas he talked about now have no voice. He said he’d be a voice for the voiceless. That voice has been effectively silenced.
This weekend with Elizabeth Edward’s memorial service, Obama was once again given cover. The press didn’t say much about how weak and ineffective Obama looked standing next to Bill Clinton. Instead Elizabeth gave him cover as most people were showing their respect to her and that remarkable spirit she possessed. Well the weekend is over and Obama has no place to hide. However, the press is ever ready to continually carry water for him. According to the latest “polls” something like 67% of Republicans and 67% of Democrats think this tax deal is a good compromise. I saw this repeated time after time today as I was home from school with a snow day. I think everyone got the memo. It is clear. The American people know a good deal when they see one. The congress won’t go against the American people so it’s as good as done. Aren’t you tired of being told how to think? I don’t know how the questions were framed in the poll and where the poll was taken but Charlie Cook says it’s a done deal. The rest of us just need to shut the hell up and join the new “no label” party because that sure looks like a good idea. It was probably put together to disrupt the rumblings on the net for a real party of the people. I’m not interested in some center of the road, know nothing party!