I’m especially pleased to announce this morning that Obama has made 15 recess appointments. Honestly, I’m not all that concerned with who these people are NOR do I care about what they’ve been given a temp assignment to do. I’m sure these things matter to the right people in the right circles though. More’s the pity for them, I suppose.
What does deserve note, however, is Obama’s attitude about it:
“I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government,” said Obama, who days ago signed historic healthcare reform despite bitter Republican opposition.
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“At a time of economic emergency, two top appointees to the Department of Treasury have been held up for nearly six months,” Obama said in a statement.
Really Mr. Obama? Isn’t it your own party’s partisanship that brings you to this revelation? Is there any partisanship greater than that enjoyed by you this morning?
We can all remember poor George W. Bush being taken down by a minority over his own nominations…and now, like Bush, Obama faces down his opposing minority and does for them what they refuse to do on their own. Apparently, Bush did 170 recess appointments and Bubba Slickster did nearly 140 during his time in office. THAT is not the story here, regardless how the media will play this out. The story here is that Obama is finally admitting he’s done with trying to get along with his opposition. It’s ok…the truth will set you free!
Especially given the in-your-face partisanship from the Democrats, can we finally put this “why can’t we all just get along” nonsense to rest, and get on about the business of digging our political foxholes and accumulating our punditry armaments? A dear friend of mine might say here that it’s time to draw the political long knives, and I think that sums it up fairly well. This is a war, not only of ideas, but of Political will.
Dear Leader has shown his hand. The Right needs to get down to business now, and make ready for taking back the majority in the Fall. As has been said, Obama’s going to NEED a GOP majority if there’s going to be any kind of legacy for him to be proud of…and we’ve got about 7 months to make that happen for him.
Ain’t it a great time to be an American?
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dave, i’ve been thinkin’ (yea, i know, it’s a dangerous thing)…i have a feeling that over the next few years, things are going to get a little rough…both financially and politically (socially as well, i think)…the middle class is going to get mighty tired of paying for everything that the ‘do nothing but want everything’ class need and want…i know i am…
this reminds me of something but i can’t quite put my finger on it…
1773?
thereabouts…you know, i normally wouldn’t be this agitated about a democrat in the white house except for the fact that we now have socialized medicine…
did our parents feel this way about the Great Society crap during johnson’s regime?
Mine did-they HATED handouts, preferring self-reliance and ingenuity over the Government making decisions FOR us, and making US pay for them to compensate for the poor choices and/or abject laziness of others that don’t hold to the same values for personal responsibility and accountability.
The times they have a-changed, ma’am.
Yes they have, but all is not lost.
just heard obama is ‘working’ on our democracy…and, he has ‘much improved’ it since being in office…umm….uh…
SIC ‘EM DAVE!