| The Politico reported a leaked passage from Governor PBJ's Republican Response to President Obama's National Address tonight: (hat tip to Daren):
A few weeks ago, the President warned that our nation is facing a crisis that he said 'we may not be able to reverse.' Our troubles are real, to be sure. But don't let anyone tell you that we cannot recover - or that America's best days are behind her.
Gee, that's right, Guv ... Americans can do anything. If YOU LET THEM. But you don't want the government to spend $300 million on hybrid vehicles. You don't want the federal government to jumpstart the green revolution that will save our economy, and create American jobs, as those jobs can't be exported, because you're stuck in the 1990's Republican frame that government is TEH EVIL.
It also doesn't help that you're so cautious that you'd rather do things half-way than go all out. After all, someone who only takes half the prescribed dosage of medicine from a doctor is super-cautious:
He's also extremely careful and calculated, personality traits that come out during even the most mundane activities, like taking pills. Jindal, who has a background in biology, medicine and public policy, never follows the directions on prescription medicines. "I always just take half the dose," he says. "I'm very cautious."
And that cautious streak in ya, Governor, is the reason you're stuck in that 1990's Republican frame of government being the problem. This time, however, half-measures like cutting the capital gains tax won't cut it. The private sector is looking out for itself ... paying their top people obscene bonuses for failures, and you want to give the top people more money? No, sir ... the answer is that the government must once again, save capitalism from itself.
But that's slightly off-track ... as Governor PBJ takes President Obama's words out of context:
What Americans expect from Washington is action that matches the urgency they feel in their daily lives -- action that's swift, bold and wise enough for us to climb out of this crisis.
Because each day we wait to begin the work of turning our economy around, more people lose their jobs, their savings and their homes. And if nothing is done, this recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse.
President Obama didn't say that we couldn't reverse the damage done by you and your Republican colleagues up in Washington, Governor. (And yes, you voted for all those tax cuts and economy stimulating bills put forth by the Bush Administration when you were riding herd on being the 432nd (out of 435) most effective Member of Congress back in the day). He said, if we do nothing ... then we may not be able to reverse it.
Even a Rhodes Scholar like yourself, Governor, ought to be able to read that one correctly. The question now, Guv, is whether you will change that line to reflect reality. Or whether you'll stay in your Faux News bubble. |
