Republican Game: Success equals Failure

Republicans in the House of Representatives decided to vote NO on the Obama Economic Recovery Act. All Republican members voted no. Bunch of asswipes, if you ask me.

I'm not claiming expertise on the content of the bill. But the Republicans voted NO as a block, simply because they believe that things will get worse by the mid-term elections, and folks will blame Obama. Folks will forget that Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress helped create this mess.

Guess what? We will never forget that Bush left Obama with a gigantic mess. And if the Republicans are banking on a failed economy, they just ensured their own failure. Obama has taken every step to compromise and act in a bi-partisan way. Republicans equal politics as usual. They screwed him and hopefully he will not forget their lame tactics.

Let the Republican's negative approach become a costly price to pay.

Does Anyone Have a Clue?

Don't Washington, D.C. politicians pontificate like they know what they're talking about? I grant you, there are intelligent men and women in Congress. However, we're not in the post-Bush economic mess because of one President. We're in it because Congress was asleep at the switch, and morons like John McCain are still given the national stage.

How many times do we have to hear McCain contradict himself on issues before we realize he has lost his mind? He campaigned on the idea of building the broadband infrastructure in American cities. And last night, he condemned the part of the new budget that allocates $600 million to building the broadband infrastructure of American cities. McCain is a war hero, and a nice guy. But he has outstayed his welcome. He's a tired, mentally challenged career politician from the old school and he should move on. Or hire him as special envoy to Iraq.

Republicans are clearly back to gamesmanship when it comes to the Budget. They are finding their new voice as disruptors. And while they pretend to know how to solve the ills of this economy, folks, nobody can anticipate the impact of the bail out. But, eventually (hopefully sooner than later), people will start feeling better about the economy and there will be a perception it's working and life will simply feel better. Wealth will rise, and hopefully there will be significant infrastructure, economic, environmental and health care improvements undertaken under the stewardship of Obama.

Right now everyone thinks the economy is tanking, so it is.

Obama, rightly so, realizes we need to act like we can fix things, build confidence in our ability to win, and move forward. And he is asking for lots of cash to throw at the problem ($800 Billion) and allocating that cash is an issue he campaigned on: creating new jobs. Obama was elected to execute on his ideas and he owns the shot.

The Republicans resent this. Fine. It would be great if they started to play like they actually wanted to fix the economy. I get the feeling the Republicans want to simply impose failure on Obama and call it the day when they take over with ...oh yea. Sarah Palin has formed a political action committee in preparation for (shhhhh) her election to national office...4 or 8 years from now.

Spare me.