National Update: Lindsey, Lieberman, Etc.
How to talk in meaningless platitudes without even approaching the vicinity of substance is clearly a prerequisite for power in American politics these days … hell, it’s fast becoming a one-way ticket to the White House.
If fact, if President George W. Bush has proved anything, it’s that you can get elected (and reelected) even if you bungle the words on the teleprompter.
Seriously, people. Why the hell do we let politicians get away with spouting such meaningless drivel?
Take U.S. Sen Lindsey Graham, for example, who had this to say about the meeting he “orchestrated” between former GOP presidential nominee John McCain and President-elect Barack Obama:
We had a productive discussion with President-elect Obama and I appreciate the opportunity to meet with him. I believe there will be opportunities to find common ground on the many difficult issues facing our nation. Everyone at the meeting was committed to reducing government waste, reducing bitter partisanship, and reforming our government to make it work better for the American people.
“Where possible, the American people want us to work in a bipartisan fashion to address their problems. I think today’s meeting was a positive step forward.”
Uhhh … okay. Let’s do the “political pabulum” cliché review, shall we?
Productive discussion? Check.
Common ground? Check.
Difficult Issues? Check.
Reducing government waste? Check.
Reducing bitter partisanship? Check.
Reforming our government? Check.
The American people? Check (twice, in fact).
Bipartisan fashion? Check.
Positive step? Check.
Seriously, people. This crap is an insult to your intelligence.
Imagine one of your colleagues spitting out this sort of hackneyed bologna around the watercooler. You’d look at them like they were insane.
LIEBERMAN HANGS ON
We’re embarrassed for Joe Lieberman, the Democrat-turned-Independent-turned-Republican-turned-Democrat again who had to crawl around Washington D.C. on his hands and knees this week to keep his spot at the head of the Homeland Security Committee.
He was successful, but at the cost of his dignity … and God only knows what else.
“This is the beginning of a new chapter, and I know that my colleagues in the Senate Democratic Caucus were moved not only by the kind words that Sen. Reid said about my longtime record, but by the appeal from President-elect Obama himself that the nation now unite to confront our very serious problems,” Lieberman said.
Effin’ Yahweh.
It’s like obscenely-rich people tell their dogs … “never beg, never beg.”
We’ve never experienced the sensation of losing, but we’re told that when it happens, you’re supposed to take your medicine like a big boy.
Lieberman could have been a strong independent voice in the new U.S. Senate … now he might as well be Obama’s maidservent.
DeMINT IS BENEVOLENT
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is waiting on the outcome of a tight Alaska Senate Election to decide whether or not he wants to force a vote on expelling convicted Sen. Ted Stevens from the GOP Caucus.
The real question is why Stevens hasn’t been impaled yet by his GOP colleagues.
After all, the Republican Party need look no further than his shameless pork barrelling for the secret to its successive electoral ass-kickings.
Now the only question is will there be any Republican education in the second kick of the Democratic donkey?
Comments
By CL on November 18th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
“The real question is why Stevens hasn’t been impaled yet by his GOP colleagues.”
Simple. The party tried to take Stevens down in the primary, but he won. Once the indictment came down, there was not enough time to get a new name on the ballot. So now, to avoid the doomsday scenario of the Dems holding 60 Senate seats, the Republicans have to grit their teeth and hope Stevens can hold the seat until a special election can be scheduled.
By James the Foot Soldier on November 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Doomsday??? Doomsday was having RINOs running the federal government for 6 of the last 8 years and running it into the ground.
As I tell my donkey friends I am hoping beyond hope the donkeys get their 60 Senate seats and remove ANY talking point about how those rascawly repuwicans are blocking “much needed reform”.
PUUHHHLEESE, hand me a barf bag.
Let’s face reality people, with gals like Olympia Snow and lindsey on the republican side of the aisle the donkeys already have their super majority.
And slikster - please, no more photos of lindsey in the nude - photoshopped or otherwise - we don’t need this site shut down by the FCC.