I Don’t Know What To Think
With everything that is going on I just don’t know what to think. And apparently I’m not alone.
The recent rash of comments, counter-comments, corrections and restatements coming out of Washington DC is enough to make the Capital fax machine cry uncle. Democrats are confusing even each other and if the Republicans were smart they would just get out of their way.
The Governator from the great state of Caaleefornnia was in Washington DC in an effort to escape Sacramento long enough to allow the feather tar to cool after losing big in his push to bilk taxpayers out of another $36 billion to balance his state’s bloated budget. His excuse was that he was there to witness the signing of Obama’s new federal mpg standards set for auto manufacturers.
Upon leaving DC the press asked Arnold why he thought the automakers rolled over so quickly and accepted these higher mpg mandates. Governor S responded that because the auto companies needed federal bailout money they would do whatever Big Bo and his administration asked. The White House immediately responded by denying the Gov’s claim and saying that the billons in federal bailout money had nothing to do with the automakers glee at having to completely reinvent their model lines and give majority shares of their companies away to the unions that keep them globally uncompetitive.
While Schwarzenegger is technically a Republican the very Democrat EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson basically said the same thing as the Gov at her news conference only to restate and clarify later that she in no way said what she in fact said.
In the Senate Harry “Mr. Peepers” Reid said that he could see no way, under any conditions, that it would be acceptable to house or confine Guantanamo detainees within the United States. No one, no way, at no time! It was only later, after I am sure a tongue lashing from the White House, that an aide to the Senate Majority Leader released a clarification that perhaps Senator Reid had misspoke or at the very least did not make himself clear.
Actually he was crystal clear for a change.
In the House of Representatives some of Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s faithful flock are beginning to show signs of confusion as she continues to change what she thinks happened 40 times over the last 7 years. Even some of her most ardent supporters are now calling for her to back off and regroup. When you’re in a hole the first rule is to quit digging.
Senate Democrats at the hearing today with Treasury Secretary Tim 1040 Geithner repeatedly alleged that the government now owned most of the banks that took TARP funds so why couldn’t the government dictate to them how to pay back their bad debt. Timmy 1040 looked with amazement at the inquisitors and repeated try to explain that the last thing this administration wants is to be seen as having nationalized the banks. Even if they actually have.
This is the problem with having complete control; people will actually begin to have expectations of you. Along with great power comes great responsibility. President Obama ran on the promise of CHANGE. Unfortunately nobody knows what that means to this day. Even Obama.
After campaigning on a promise to close Gitmo and cease the military tribunals of the prisoners the president is still unable to develop a better plan for housing the terrorists and has reinstated the tribunals he spent 2 years damning.
I just don’t know what to think.
I guess when you promise change that can change too.
