A NEW LOOK IN WASHINGTON

An article on Boehner as House Majority Leader writes the following quote from him:  "In an emotional victory address, Boehner promised an agenda of cost-cutting and "reducing the size of government..  Where has he been and what has he been doing on these issues for the past ten years.  I will always wonder why voters are so taken in by campaign promises.

The fat cats who got there on the backs of poor, working folk, have no conscience about the money wasted on campaigns for the losers of the Teaparty.  The joke remains on those who still think that things can be changed quickly in Washington and that Obama is a failure because he didn't do the job they wanted in less than two years.  It is obvious that no one noted the 60 vote rule, threats of filibuster, and overt hostility by the Senate Republicans and promises to make Obama fail.  Do those supporters really love their country more than their job.

Morning Joe (MSNBC) :11/3 

Joe Scarborough:"How ironic that [Obama] paid in part for bailouts of the banks, that began with Bush. For bailouts of Fannie and Freddie, that began with Bush. For bailouts of the auto industry, that began with Bush... I just wonder if [the midterm election] is not more of a rejection of both parties than it is the Democratic  party."

While it may be true that it was a rejection of both parties,  what kind of mentality does it take to put in people who have an agenda that has nothing to do with the real issues.  They know what they don't want but have no ideas about how to go about getting what they do want.  I was always taught that you should never ask for your boss for anything unless you can also suggest a way to get it done.  Amputation of programs without a replacement of the service it had provided is not my idea of a viable suggestion.

Are we headed for two years of a Mexican Standoff in the Legislative houses?  Perhaps those people complaining about the economy will note that most of those for the past two years were the Bush appointees who allowed the problem to get to the magnitude it now enjoys.  The many opposing forces may be a change from the lockstep of the House and Senate under Bush.  The Republicans have continued the same stance.  What is it that is blackmailing them; refused a chair position?, no support for re-election? squealing or blackmailing them about their actions?  Something other than they are all always of similar mind HAS to be the answer.