November 11, 2006
GOOD LUCK WITH ALL 'O THAT!
The Democrats got their wish fulfilled; and of course the saying is that you better watch out for what you wish for, 'cause you just might get it. With control of the House, Senate, and the dismissal of Don Rumsfeld, the Dems are basically out of punching bags. True, they could continue to pound away at President Bush and his VP Cheney, but that's going to seem pretty lame now that they have legislative power.
What kind of party wants to inherit a war they're insistent on losing? That was their platform: Iraq is un-winnable, based on the faulty leadership of our government. Well kids, now you have the rudder; steer us to victory or ignonamous defeat and embarrassment. The Dems have inherited a record-high stock market, stunningly low unemployment, fantastic economic growth with low inflation, and a war that's claimed a historically small number of lives with no further attacks on the U.S. Their response was to claim that Bush was Hitler, and that was about it.
Nancy Pelosi is now the House leader and frankly the funniest excuse for legislative leadership I've ever seen. Some claim that Clinton also oversaw an economic boom, but that turned out to be a chimera based on fraud and dissembling--well identifiable with the man himself. The Internet boom, Enron, and other major corporate scandals were of a piece with an ethos of "Fuck it, we're getting rich and getting away with it, aren't we?"
Bush inherited that economic clusterfuck, a massive terrorist attack, and continuing public criticism, yet still managed to keep the economy from faltering, the stock market from plummeting, and America from dumping into a Carter-esque malaise.
Now we have Nancy Pelosi, who looks like a female version of Tim Burton's interpretation of the Joker. Yesterday's punchline is now the head of the House. Don Rumsfeld was great and scary because he was an experienced government official with executive experience who'd just as soon cut your nuts off as look at you. Pelosi looks like a deranged PTA parent who's questioning your commitment to SparkleMotion. Good luck Democrats.
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