Posted by
Bill Crawford on Thursday, April 01, 2010 8:56:26 PM
The first take was simple sarcasm: we all woke up the next morning and the world was still here. I have trouble believing that the purporters of this one actually were falling for the logical fallacy of summing a policy that takes ten years to fully take effect as somehow peachy keen because the sun came up the next day. I think it was borne more of a cavalier, in your face celebration.
Obama has been playing this up with enthusiasm, in his unification health care rally tour. This is while he lambastes his critics for being overheated, and asking all of us to "tone it down". Thanks, Dad. I'll think about it.
All the while, the next step is being implemented. His critics are unhinged. Hell, they are borderline violent and possibly dangerous. We have seen the new terrorists, and they are....why, I guess they are the Tea Party! But of course.
It doesn't stop there. The Tea Partiers are also racist. In a world full of cell phone cameras, there still is no video, but we have the testimony of a few prominent members of the Black Caucus, and their word is gold.
I've been to a few Tea Party rallies, folks. Most of them are well dressed. Those that aren't are that way because they are coming from a job. They don't leave any litter. They are polite. I'm haviing trouble equating the people Ive seen there with an urgent need to call Homeland Security.
So here we are. I know what's coming with this. The people who like it don't believe me. So, we'll start with Election Day.
The Democrats were going to have problems anyway. Many of the seats they barely took to make their majorities in '06 and '08 are coming around for revote. They have more vulnerable seats than the Republicans this November, and their numbers get worse in '12.
Their arrogance with all this will come back to smack them in the butt. They all know it's coming. Obama still thinks he can talk his way into a better path, being the used car salesman that he is.