Posted by
Bob Siegel on Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:27:48 AM
Seeing the handwriting on the wall, President Obama (who expects to lose at least the House, and possibly even the Senate after Tuesday) is calling upon Republicans and Democrats to come together for the good of the American people.
Yes, those are always the Democratic talking points: When they are in the minority, it means the people want bi-partisanship. When they are in the majority, it means the people have spoken, so suck it up Republicans and face the fact that you lost the election.
In point of fact, I cannot recall a president more partisan than Obama. He refused ALL Republican challenges to his policies the past two years. His title 'Party of No' was dreamed up only because Republicans didn't like HIS ideas. Should they have called him the 'President of No' for not liking theirs? This same man claims that Republicans cannot have the keys to the car because they do not know how to drive. Oh yes, and if they do get in the vehicle they need to "sit in the back." Sweet. Yeah, that sure looked like an olive branch, didn't it? Then, when he speaks before Latinos, he goes out of his way to call the Republicans their enemy. This from the man who campaigned by saying, "We are not white America or black America or brown America, just America."
Meanwhile, Obama foams at the mouth because Republican Minority Leader, Senator Mitch O'Connell, says his goal is to keep the president from getting re-elected and House Minority Leader John Boehner, says he will work to repeal the policies of this same president. Oh, our poor president! How can two parties work together when one of those parties goes out of its way to say they are trying to repeal his policies? Of course, Obama didn't talk about repealing the policies of George Bush these last two years, did he? Oh, that's right. It was practically the only thing we ever heard him say. And will getting himself re-elected be less of a priority than working with Republicans these next two years? Give me a break!
Obama now has a perfect scapegoat in 2012. "I tried to be bi-partisan, but those mean, nasty Republicans just wouldn't reach across the isle like I was willing to do." This would be funny if not for the fact many will eat it up with a spoon rather than a shovel and let's face facts: It's the kind of stuff that needs to be shoveled.
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