http://bigfrick.com Making Al Gore Regret He Invented The Internet Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:36:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://bigfrick.com/2010/02/16/bye-bayh/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://bigfrick.com/2010/02/16/bye-bayh/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:27:59 +0000 Big Frick http://bigfrick.com/?p=400 What a difference a year makes.

 

Think back just 12 short months ago when the new popinjay Messiah was just installed into the oval office and Democrats were preparing for their one thousand year Reich. Nancy Pelosi was all-powerful in the House and Harry Reid was running the show on the Senate side. It was a dream team made in liberal heaven and after years of subjugation the Dem’s were going to show those mean old Republicans how a country is supposed to be run.

 

Now, skip forward one year and several trillion dollars later and look at the results of this liberal brain trust. The only graphs showing an increase are the ones detailing the national debt and unemployment.  The filibuster-proof Congress has been incapable of passing any meaningful legislation other than massive spending bills like the near trillion dollar non-stimulating stimulus package and the front man in the White House of Hope and Change has been unable to fill the leadership positions of some of the most important governmental departments like the Transportation Safety Administration and the National Border Protection Agency.

 

And just when things were looking their bleakest for the Democrats, having just lost the most important battle to date in the defeat of the bloated and unworkable ObamaCare healthcare package, long time Democrat Senator from Indiana Evan Bayh announces his refusal to run for reelection.

 

And Bayh not only quit. He quit with a vengeance.

 

Bayh notified Barack Obama of his intent to quit and remained unwavering in his decision even after some good old fashioned arm twisting and cajoling by the president and his Chicago hit man qua Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. In a blatantly obvious snub, Bayh did not notify his Senate Leader Harry Reid prior to his public announcement. Further, in what can only be seen as intentional sabotage toward the Democrat Party, Bayh held off his announcement until just 24 hours before the deadline to submit petitions for a ballot spot. At the time of his announcement there was only one other Democrat candidate collecting signatures, a woman named Tamyra D’Ippolito, who owns a small roadside diner. D’Ippolito was just 1000 signatures short of gaining a spot on the ballot. She has since failed leaving the spot open for a Democrat Committee appointee to fill in.

 

 Bayh made clear his reasoning behind the blockbuster announcement ending his 10 plus year run as Senator; the partisanship under the Democrat leadership of Congress makes it impossible to get anything done. “There is too much partisanship and not enough progress – too much ideology and not enough practical problem solving” he said. He went on to say that his decision should not be taken as a slam against Obama saying he believed the president’s agenda is “the right agenda for America”. Democrats were quick to portray this as tacit support for Obama. The fact is it was just another swipe at the feckless left-wing Democrat leadership currently running Congress.  Bayh isn’t intent on hurting Obama, who isn’t up for reelection this November, but he certainly doesn’t intend to lend support to any of the congressional Democrats who are. 

 

What Bayh is saying by his resignation and in his explanation is that even with the overwhelming popularity that swept Barack Obama from an obscure community activist into the seat of ultimate power, Democrats are too dysfunctional to enact policies that benefit anybody other than themselves. Trillions have been spent on pure pork projects and an entire year has been spent bribing congressional leaders to vote for an unworkable healthcare package, all to no avail. He is embarrassed to be part of it and he wants out.

 

While the president was quick to praise Bayh for his past service the White House’s official statement was terse and demeaning, claiming Bayh was “by nature a governor not a senator.” It is exactly that insulting elitist attitude that has Evan Bayh heading for the hills along with a passel of other long time Democrat Senators and House members.

 

Did Evan Bayh walk away from an assured reelection as senator for the possibility of a future run as president? Maybe so. Or maybe he believes the old adage that says “if you sleep with dogs you wake up with fleas”.

 

Perhaps Evan Bayh just got tired of scratching.

 

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Now let’s pretend that your employer has a huge job to tackle that will likely mean the difference between the company’s survival if it succeeds or its agonizing and certain demise if it fails. This job will take all your skill and likely will mean many long nights working on projects to meet vital deadlines. The boss has made it clear that it won’t be easy but has made it equally clear that your ability and dedication to your chosen profession will be critical in the overall success of the company. In fact your personal participation will be particularly critical as you will be the second in command.

 

Now, having established the premise of this make-believe scenario, would you think it was proper to accept an additional full time position to perform in conjunction with all of your other duties?

 

While the scenario may be a fantasy the reality is that Illinois Senator Dick “Gulag” Durbin, the second in command of the Senate behind leader Harry Reid, has done just that.

 

In what can only be viewed as yet another thumb in the eye of the Illinois voters that sent him to Washington, Durbin announced today that he has accepted the position of campaign chairman for Democrat Senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias.

 

Giannoulias won the recent Democrat primary and will face off against Republican candidate and current US House member Mark Kirk. Both are vying to fill the US Senate seat rarely used and quickly vacated by Barack Obama, currently being kept dust free by Roland Burris. Burris has decided not to run for reelection after having been gifted the seat by the infamous former Illinois Governor and current celebrity Trump apprentice hopeful Rod Blagojevich. Though Burris has done less in the Senate than any other Senator except for Obama himself, he will receive a lifetime Senator’s pension at the taxpayer’s expense. Never mind that fact that the guy who gave him the job will likely also be living off the taxpayers very soon in a federal penitentiary.

 

But regardless of the history, the Democrats view this Illinois seat as yet another critical political possession. Even though there are countless political hacks in the Illinois Democrat machine that could serve with equal alacrity and ability, in order to keep this historically Democrat seat in the blue column Durbin has been tapped to run the little known and lesser financed Giannoulias campaign. The question that needs to be asked by all taxpayers that pay Durbin salary is; is this the best use of his time? I guess it depends on whose interest is being served.

 

Since losing the Massachusetts seat to Scott Brown the president has spent the last few weeks publically declaring his recently acquired desire for bipartisan cooperation. Headlines from this past weekend alone touted that “The President Braves Winter Storm” to rally his depressed party faithful in a special Capitol Hill visit. While meeting with Democrats Obama discussed how to revitalize his now failing agenda stating “We can’t solve all our problems alone”.

 

But now, with possibly the last best hope for meaningful bipartisan progress in the Senate, the Democrats give an excused absence to their Number Two man for strictly partisan political purposes. The Giannoulias campaign is woefully short of funds so from a strictly partisan political position, Durbin is the logical choice. He won’t need to be paid for his chairmanship as he is already being paid by the taxpayers to do his job in the Senate.

 

It is obvious that the Democrats have learned absolutely nothing about the outrage of the voting public. They just don’t understand that people are watching what they do and not listening to what they say. It’s just yet another example of a Democrat controlled House and Senate far more interested in staying in power than serving the people that sent them. And for that I agree with another of Obama’s recent quotes.

 

“Change can’t come quickly enough”.

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