What is the world is going on within the beltway? Ok, we know that the Democrats had to strong arm the Health Care Reform Bill pass the Republicans, and that was a nice political move because it weakened the Republicans ahead of the November Mid-Term Elections. Well, that good ole DC two step strikes again. The Health Care attaboy was trumped by President Obama's most recent move to appoint 15 cabinet positions, including a controversial labor lawyer, while Congress was in recess. Bad move, very bad move.
Not since Reconstruction has America experienced such a radical shift in policy and procedure. Most of us were not born during the age of Reconstruction, but we read in the history book about the outcome of Reconstruction, and it was anything but pretty. Gave new life to the Klu Klux Klan, and other idiotic hate munging groups. All in all, it was a bad time in American history.
I applaud the President for having the balls to push policy in the face of the Republicans, because it shows that he is not afraid to enter the ring against a heavy weight prize fighter; however, this action of appointing cabinet positions without the benefit of Congressional Conformation Hearings amounts to a sucker punch thrown after the other fighter had given up the fight. I mean seriously. What in the world was he thinking? Were there no other fires to attend to?
Here is the bottom line America; Everything in Washington DC amounts to one power play after another, and that we are clearly aware of. Presently we have two bitter parties sniping at each other. Indeed, this is the most ineffective leadership since Gerald Ford, and he could not help being ineffective because he was a stop gap president between Nixon and Carter. It is one thing to want to get things done, that is not the issue here. The issue is how we go about getting thing done. You know what made Muhammad Ali such a great fighter? He would get you on the ropes and it was over. Well, Mr. President, you already played the "Rope A Dope" on the Republican Party, and they were about to fall. Now when the referee comes between you two, you elect to take a sucker punch? Is that how you won your fights in school? The only thing President Barack Obama did was hand the Republicans back the fire that he'd taken from them with the passage of the Health Care Bill. There are things you simply do not do, regardless of the degree of power you have. Once of those things is back door the Legislature while they are on recess. That's right President Obama, you made a bad decision.
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