The reviews of President Urkel’s presser yesterday are coming in, and they all seem to say the same thing we pretty much already knew:
He doesn’t think he has to change. He doesn’t even think he did anything wrong.
OK. As I said, we knew that in advance. Cpt. B+’s personality does not permit Clintonian triangulation. Clinton wanted, above all, to be popular, and would do whatever it took to be, once he came to know what it was; This guy thinks he’s right, and of course the troglodytes disagree – That’s why they’re troglodytes. It just shows him how badly we all need for his wisdom to prevail.
So, what to do now?
Well, in few words, Full Speed Ahead.
Yes. Obummer has a veto pen, and the Senate. Make him use them. Make them set the stage for 2012 the way they did for 2010. Get a repeal of ZeroCare through the house, so we can see who votes against it in the Senate. Get lower taxes through the house, and see which Senators want to write their opposition ads for the next election. Strike while the iron is hot.
Boehner says he will do what the people asked for in this election. Good – Do that. Don’t worry about the veto and the Senate. Dare them to oppose repeal. Dare them to oppose tax cuts for all. Dare them to oppose withdrawl of any remaining ‘stimulus’ funds.
As to ourselves, and if and when they do oppose, keep the street theater going. Keep having rallies. Get people in large groups cheering when things pass the house. Get them out screaming (and naming Senator’s names) when the Senate disagrees.
And if it gets through the Senate only to be vetoed, scream about that.
We have them on the ropes, and the people are with us. Let campaign 2012 begin. As Rush says, there’s blood in the water now.
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Good points. If THEY refuse to listen, keep voting THEM out...
smagar (Diary) Thursday, November 4th at 9:17AM EST (link)until THEY are statistically insignficant.
It might take another election cycle to fully do, but if it has to be done, it has to be done.
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
That includes
Randy (Diary) Thursday, November 4th at 11:48AM EST (link)in general and primary elections… neither party should feel safe.
There are even some on the right who will not hear.
jdw4america (Diary) Thursday, November 4th at 10:31PM EST (link)Already our fearless leaders in Washington are mentioning the need to work in a bi-partsan manner, to roll back the most egregious parts of the obomination of healthcare deform. Even here, on Redstate, some are calling for finessing the damn thing, or conning the left into what we want healthcare to look like from now on.
To those people, what can I say, but are ya kidding me?
The tea partiers did not swarm townhall meetings to ask for finesse. We did not call, write and email our “representatives” in Washington to offer suggestions. We did not gather, by the thousands on the Congressional Mall to tinker with the parts we didn’t like. We did not work like a people possessed throughout this election cycle to help the progressives lead us into the glory of their 1000 year socialist regime.
The people of this country want the damn thing repealed. Period. We want all of it repealed. We want the socialist agenda ripped out, rolled into a ball and shoved up the digestive exit orifice of that smug, condescending, delusional and self-impressed jackass in the White House. And while we’re at it, we’d like whatever is left of the “stimulus” package back. We need it to pay off some stuff a bunch of crazy people put on our tab.
We want them stopped. No more spending, no more bailouts, no more takeovers. If the newly elected members of Congress forget that, we will remind them – often and loudly – as to why they were granted the privilege of service. Stop the socialist-progressive agenda. Start on day one.