Bipartisanship Alive And Well...Sorta
Just when everyone thought that bipartisanship was dead, it rears its not-too-pretty head.
The Democrats, only too happy to try to ram health care reform through Congress without Republican participation, now seem to have gotten 'religion'.
They want a bipartisan commission created that would consist of 10 Democrats and 8 Republicans. This commission would be charged with finding ways to reduce the deficit. Once this 'bipartisan' commission had made its recommendations known, Congress would be required to vote it up or down.
If they've learned nothing else, the Democrats seem to know that they'll fare better if they drag the silly Republicans into the deficit mess with them. How better to clean up their own mess than to implicate the Republicans by incorporation.
Let us hope that the Republican leadership doesn't fall for this ploy. Let the Democrats work out their own solutions to the over-spending in which they've engaged for the past year. Then-President Bush gave them a place to hide by acting as he thought Obama wanted him to act in the interest of the country when he approved spending measures as among the last things he did on his watch.
Fool the people once, shame on you; fool the people twice, shame on us!
The Democrats, only too happy to try to ram health care reform through Congress without Republican participation, now seem to have gotten 'religion'.
They want a bipartisan commission created that would consist of 10 Democrats and 8 Republicans. This commission would be charged with finding ways to reduce the deficit. Once this 'bipartisan' commission had made its recommendations known, Congress would be required to vote it up or down.
If they've learned nothing else, the Democrats seem to know that they'll fare better if they drag the silly Republicans into the deficit mess with them. How better to clean up their own mess than to implicate the Republicans by incorporation.
Let us hope that the Republican leadership doesn't fall for this ploy. Let the Democrats work out their own solutions to the over-spending in which they've engaged for the past year. Then-President Bush gave them a place to hide by acting as he thought Obama wanted him to act in the interest of the country when he approved spending measures as among the last things he did on his watch.
Fool the people once, shame on you; fool the people twice, shame on us!
Posted by The Curmudgeon at 1/21/2010 7:56 AM 
Categories: Politics,Taxes,Economy,Quality of Life,National Issues
Categories: Politics,Taxes,Economy,Quality of Life,National Issues
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