Annnnyyyyway, I make this point only to make another point. The reason why Democrats can't get anything does is because of Republicans. That's the Reason. (Well, that and the Democrats tend to be pussies, but I've addressed that in previous posts, I believe.) Now, why is this? Because the Republicans are a much more cohesive unit. They do not tolerate dissent.
During the six long years the Republicans held sway they voted virtually in lockstep. And when there were a few token dissents from the Bush Position you could always find a few Blue Dogs like the Distinguished Fuck from Nebraska, Bill Nelson or the ever mercurial Joe Liberman to tip the balance in the Republicans favor.
The Democrats are putting out this Stimulus Bill which now has 42% tax cuts and the Republicans are STILL whining that it's not Bi-partisan enough. (Steve Benen, as usual, has two good posts about this, with far less profanity.) (PS - Republicans LOVE them some tax cuts, so you know, 42% of a trillion in tax cuts, not too shabby.)
Most serious economists think Tax Cuts are a very ineffective way to provide stimulus. And just looking at the past 8 years, if they were effective then things should be fucking Rosy right now. And yet, to repeat, 42%, damn near HALF, of this thing is Tax Cuts and you STILL can only get 3 Republican senators to roll on their party.
Further more, Michelle Malkin the other day was already calling for heads, before the vote even fucking occurs. (Ok, so ALL Malkin's posts are crazy, I just picked one at random. But a quick visit to her site confirms that she is just NOT happy with this bill.) I also might point out that Malkin is a bit of a Low Level crazy of the Right, imagine the war the Dittoheads are waging.
The point being, this is the mentality Democrats have to fight against. A wicked minority base that doesn't understand basic economics but can work a phone and scream against their own best interests.
For contrast consider how the Democrats treated Joe Lieberman. During the election Joe endorsed John McCain, actively campaigned against Obama, went on stage during the RNC and lambasted Obama, and he went on the TV and said it was a good and fair question to ask if Obama was a terrorist-loving terrorist. And we all know what the Democrats did to Lieberman. NOTHING. Made him sweat for a couple days, then gave him a big sloppy hummer and his gavel back. If Lieberman pulled that shit on the Republicans he'd be hanging from his scrotum from the ceiling of a Gitmo cell.
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Hey, at least they got the three senators. You would think that both parties would flip the fuck out and make sure that the bill was full of "shovel-ready" jobs AND also plans for the future. I mean, how many states have infrastructure problems? All of them? And even if those are only jobs for manual laborers, that's what this country needs right now. Argh. And then people wonder why I've started hording food and other necessities?
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