Ok. I am done with my self-imposed ban on politics, and today, I have plunged back into the world of lefty blogs and lefty shows. Now, I have to warn you that I am pretty dang sick, which means I’m grumpier than usual. The light hurts my eyes, and the water from my bath hurts my skin. Worst of all, I don’t feel like eating. That is guaranteed to make me miserable.
So, before I get to that, here is the love video of the day. In accordance with my mood, I give to you, Nine Inch Nails’ Love is Not Enough.
So. What do I love today? Nothing. Ok. That is not quite true. I love Rachel Maddow for keeping true to her progressive roots and for gently holding the feet of any wayward politician (even Dems) to the fire. That’s about it right now.
Ok. Back to politics. I gave myself a break because I was getting pissed off about the Republicans dicking around while the country around them was going to hell. The worst part was listening to the pundits saying oh-so-casually, “Oh, the stimulus will pass in some form. This is all for show.”
What the fuck? This is political theatre as usual? I get that some Republicans truly believe that tax cuts are the way to go, despite the spectacular failure of said ideology for the past eight years, but it seems to me that many of the posturing Republicans are simply keeping their eye on the prize–elections in 2010.
Remember, the Republicans were the ones who said that if the Dems were against invading Iraq, they (the Dems) were against America. So, can we flip that on its head and say if the Republicans are against the stimulus bill, they are against America? How is it that they are in the minority, and yet, they are still on the offensive? Or, were. President Obama has taken charge once again, and I think he’s going to flip the script. He also had a throw-away line about not having tax cuts in the first place as the lesson he learned from this fiasco.
With the Republicans, it’s always easy to tell what they are doing. How? Listen to them. Whatever they accuse the Dems of doing, they are doing three times as badly. “President Obama is AWOL on this bill!” “President Obama is not bipartisan enough!” Um, what? Give me a fucking break. It appears that bipartisan, to the Republicans, mean they get everything the way they want it. Funnily enough, that was what they expected when they were the majority, too.
Another thing I can’t help but think: Most of the Republicans in Congress left are old white men from the south. It must really chap their asses to have to work for a black man who is younger and smarter than they are. Ha.
So. I have a roll call today of the pols, mostly Republican, who can bite me. Here we go.
Lindsey Graham, Senator, South Carolina, you can bite me.
Pete Sessions, Representative, Texas, you can bite me.
Michael Steele, RNC Chairman, you can bite me. Twice.
John Boehner, House Minority Leader, you can bite me.
Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, you can bite me.
John McCain, Loser Senator from Arizona, you can bite me. Twice.
Susan Collins, ‘moderate’ Senator from Maine, you can mini-bite me.
Finally, so I can’t be accused of being partisan, here is a Democrat.
Ben Nelson, Blue Dawg Senator from Nebraska, you can REALLY bite me!
That is all for today. I might have to extend my politics-free zone. Bah.
In closing, I give you Nine Inch Nails’ Closer.
Update:
Jim DeMint, Republican Senator from South Carolina, you can bite me. Thrice.
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