I was at the gym today on the stairmaster, and Tweety's show came on the TV. He had Robert Reich on with Bill Richardson. Robert Reich came out swinging, Richardson was a little mealy-mouthed, and Reich took him to the woodshed.
It was so satisfying.
Nothing against Richardson. It was just fucking bracing to hear someone talking with some conviction and urgency about what is to be done in this dark time.
More of this please.
A little more after the jump.
Richardson said that there was no need to call the Congress back from vacation, and Reich told him off about that.
...and they will accuse you of spending more and being another big government. i think what the president has got to do is say to those nay sayers, i don't care, america is hurting right now. We have the worst economic insecurity and job situation since the great depression, and I, as president, I've got to be out there. Bill Richardson, the one thing I disagree with, I think the president does have to summon congress back. We can't say five weeks, six weeks doesn't matter, no, this is a crisis, and it's a crisis right now.
What struck me was how unusual it was to hear someone speaking so passionately and plainly about what needs to be done.
Also, this, from the segment following the one above:
That was John Nichols of The Nation, speaking the plain truth.
"This President can't get excited about unemployment."