you see, that's it, right there
you can argue til eternity about whether tax breaks for the productive class generate or depress tax revenues and you're just not real likely to get much movement, either way
if, in contrast, you go about things not by saying whether or not obama is wrong minded, errant in his thinking, or not, but instead if you posit the man is completely incompetent, there you get no argument
the man is completely incompetent
his entire agenda is DEAD
health care, cap and trade, reg reform, immigration reform, his formerly ambitious agenda, all pre massachusetts
since scott brown's truck ran him over, the president's platform is tiny stuff, his bank tax, his debt commission, his second stimulus which he can't call a stimulus
and they're all, as of today, DEAD too
wow, this guy is absolutely amazing
the bank tax was a no go from the get go, the debt commission died the DAY OF STATE OF THE UNION (LOL!) on the senate floor, 53 to 47...
and TODAY, just this awful afternoon, obama's JOBS BILL (that second STIMULUS), if it didn't outright die, it's real close
that one's gotta be done in a hurry, and harry just killed baucus-grassley
Reid kills Baucus-Grassley jobs bill - James Hohmann and Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com
poor baucus---max baucus has been the most abused senator i may ever have seen
that dude worked his butt off for obama on health care, going back to summer
his "back to the drawing board"
his "the president's not helping"
his tortured sessions with doug elmendorf, cbo
that poor dude, baucus, he must have aged 5 years
and all he's gotten repaid is grief, guff, gripes...
angst
no wonder he was so drunk on the floor last month
but, yeah, harry holed up the "jobs" bill today...
politically, huge
what's left with no agenda?
what's obtuse obama's foreign policy?
what's his answer for ahmedinejad?
almonds and arabica?
how's he gonna bring around putin and hu?
when's he gonna close gitmo?
politico (perhaps the best single source in the nation, foundation of msnbc's awesome morning politics) today has a piece: "left frets over fate of dadt"
Left frets over fate of 'don't ask' - Jen DiMascio and Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com
which, who cares
except, they're right
and i sincerely believe YOU need to know it
obama has no intention of MOVING dadt
he'll INTRODUCE it
that's it
it WON'T move
and that's what politico and the "left" are learning
so we have NO ACTION on the LEADERSHIP front
what remains, then...
if not all these stunningly stupid utterances:
i don't begrudge the savvy bankers their bonuses
i'm agnostic (LOL!) about tax hikes
iraq is my great achievement
watch my press secretary do sarah palin shadow puppets with his hands
while i reach out to republicans to work together to solve problems
and if they don't come round they're a bunch of f'n ree-tards
etc
day after day, it just goes on and on
how do you all keep a straight face?
i've been rolling on the floor of my impregnable fortress, drawbridge raised, since summer 08
party on, progressives
be proud
represent