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Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
Obama to GOP : Pass this Bill
So, the above link doesn't tell us anything new, but it does highlight something we've come to understand; regarding spending bills, we're incredibly torn on the left. For someone like me, it's a little like watching someone repeatedly bang their head against a wall while the well-meaning neighbor looks on in morbid, horrified amusement.
Contrast : Obama's Plan Isn't Enough
What's amusing with this isn't that the article that complains about the proposed bill being too modest isn't right, because it is. It's that the bill is pretty large, but it's modest compared to the scope of the problem, but the top article is still correct - it's not going to get passed.
Let's distill this issue to the roots, because it's not quite as simple as Republican House Majority Wins (RHMW), though it's pretty close.
RHMW gives them the votes, and they've got remarkable party cohesion in the very short term. This, like the lockstep majority of the Bush II administration is something of a gamble, but it's a gamble that gives them the ability to block Obama. The goal's to make him a one term president.
The article kind of highlights that, but I think what it's missing is that not only is Obama not really going to get the votes on this, but that he doesn't have a reasonable chance of getting the votes on anything that isn't already 100% GOP. The House simply isn't operating in good faith. They're literally operating under a no-compromise agenda.
It's pretty bad, everyone. I mean, it's pretty difficult even to satirize at this point.
Contrast The Onion with : Rick Perry Cuts Firefighting, Requests Federal Aid
If you stripped The Onion's name off the first article, I'd believe it was the real thing.
I remember when G.W. was president, and the Boondock's would pretty much just draw Huey listening to Bush on television with an actual quote. Considering that we've just gotten crazier since then, it's hard to know what to write, or if we can just get our humor from FOX News and pretend it's satire.
Ahem. I've gone off on a tangent. Anyhow, given the situation, Obama doesn't have a whole lot to lose by proposing something akin to real legislation before it gets shot down and the Republicans counter with whatever programs they intend to cut in order to do whatever it is they pretend their proposal will do. Save jobs or liquidate the poor or something. I don't even know.
RHMW is, like I said, a gamble. The Bush administration decided to get realpolitick and between eight years of that and McCain selecting Palin as his running mate, Obama got elected with a solid majority. The radicals got the nod, and the Tea Party got funded, and instead of moving to the middle, the Right decided to double down on the crazy. I guess we'll see how people feel about that later.
So, the above link doesn't tell us anything new, but it does highlight something we've come to understand; regarding spending bills, we're incredibly torn on the left. For someone like me, it's a little like watching someone repeatedly bang their head against a wall while the well-meaning neighbor looks on in morbid, horrified amusement.
Contrast : Obama's Plan Isn't Enough
What's amusing with this isn't that the article that complains about the proposed bill being too modest isn't right, because it is. It's that the bill is pretty large, but it's modest compared to the scope of the problem, but the top article is still correct - it's not going to get passed.
Let's distill this issue to the roots, because it's not quite as simple as Republican House Majority Wins (RHMW), though it's pretty close.
RHMW gives them the votes, and they've got remarkable party cohesion in the very short term. This, like the lockstep majority of the Bush II administration is something of a gamble, but it's a gamble that gives them the ability to block Obama. The goal's to make him a one term president.
The article kind of highlights that, but I think what it's missing is that not only is Obama not really going to get the votes on this, but that he doesn't have a reasonable chance of getting the votes on anything that isn't already 100% GOP. The House simply isn't operating in good faith. They're literally operating under a no-compromise agenda.
It's pretty bad, everyone. I mean, it's pretty difficult even to satirize at this point.
Contrast The Onion with : Rick Perry Cuts Firefighting, Requests Federal Aid
If you stripped The Onion's name off the first article, I'd believe it was the real thing.
I remember when G.W. was president, and the Boondock's would pretty much just draw Huey listening to Bush on television with an actual quote. Considering that we've just gotten crazier since then, it's hard to know what to write, or if we can just get our humor from FOX News and pretend it's satire.
Ahem. I've gone off on a tangent. Anyhow, given the situation, Obama doesn't have a whole lot to lose by proposing something akin to real legislation before it gets shot down and the Republicans counter with whatever programs they intend to cut in order to do whatever it is they pretend their proposal will do. Save jobs or liquidate the poor or something. I don't even know.
RHMW is, like I said, a gamble. The Bush administration decided to get realpolitick and between eight years of that and McCain selecting Palin as his running mate, Obama got elected with a solid majority. The radicals got the nod, and the Tea Party got funded, and instead of moving to the middle, the Right decided to double down on the crazy. I guess we'll see how people feel about that later.