Todays' Political Headline on Huffington Post begins with.....
"THIS IS BIPARTISANSHIP! Weak Jobs Bill Shortchanges Job Creation.
Yesterday, I wrote about the very same crap! Interesting, though that yesterdays Business headlines was about how good employment is for the haves and how the burden of unemployment falls mostly on the middle and lower class...ie...the have-nots.
I am beginning to concur with many echoes from this site that the Dems don't care what their base thinks. The sentiment seems to be that we have no place to go vote for someone else. In fact, I have read a comment from Rahm Emmanuel basically saying as much.
Well they are WRONG! We do have choices and I would dare to say that the falling poll numbers are reflective of the dissatisfaction from the Dem base.
Then add to it, the hate from the GOP and the growing disillusionment of the Independents about lack of substantive action from the Dem controlled Congress and you have a recipe for DISASTER in November. Because I do have a choice....I can just NOT VOTE!
I am serious about this option although it would be the first time I did not vote in 35 years. And there are more and more people just like me. They think it is useless to vote because nothing ever changes.
SCREW BIPARTISANSHIP! If bipartisanship means watered down, USELESS bills that won't solve the problem, then it is a hindrance and NOT a help.
The Republican party does not have any useful ideas. SCREW TAX CUTS! Tax cuts are not going to help me hire more people. Tax cuts aren't going to help me get health insurance. Tax cuts are not going to put money in people's pockets to spend. Tax cuts are not going to grow the economy.
But in the name of BIPARTISANSHIP....POTUS Obama is basically nuetering himself by not standing up for what is right and by not listening to those who brought him and his party into power today.
There is a growing anger in this country. It is NOT because of lack of bipartisanship. It is because people are tired of politicians NOT LISTENING to what we want. They are angry because everything seems to be about POLITICS and no longer about what is good for the country or the hard working people who make up the bulk of this country. People are angry when they see backroom deals cut for BAD BILLS to people like Bill Nelson or Mary Landrieu.
Unanswered Anger will lead to bitterness. Bitterness will lead to the following.....Dems sitting home in November and Independents voting with the GOP. That's a recipe for disaster and I'm beginning to think the Dems and especially POTUS Obama just don't get it.