The only group more incompetent than the Mets bullpen: Congress*
By Nick Ragone | Related entries in News
The United States Congress lived up to its reputation as a do-nothing body populated by world-class buffoons.
Somehow — unbelievably — the House of Representatives managed to sink the bailout plan. With the economy teetering on a deep recession — some say depression — these guys couldn’t resist the urge to sabotage it in the name of partisan politics.
I have no clue how they expect to face their constituents knowing that they just torpedoed the economy, but since most of them have two faces, I guess it shouldn’t be too difficult.
The House Republicans are blaming Pelosi; Pelosi is blaming the Republicans; the economy is tanking; and nobody has a clue when — or if — any of this will be sorted out. House Republicans are playing an extraordinarily high stakes game of poker and losing — badly. If the Congress fails to pass anything, and the economy plunges into a deep recession, the House Republicans will have to explain to the American public how this was “good for main street.”
And John McCain’s job just got that much tougher.
* Yes, I’m a Mets fan
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September 29th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
And John McCain’s job just got that much tougher.
More like impossible. There is a lot to dislike and worry about Obama as a candidate, and as recently as three weeks ago I was confident in a McCain win. But when the Wall Street mess fell into his lap, it was basically the political equivalent of winning the lottery. After all is said and done, he may have just lucked his way into the White House.
September 29th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Joshua,
Do ya think it’s bad luck the Republicans are in the mess that their in? John McCain aside, and for his shenanigans he gets what he deserves, there were so many times the Repub Party could have stood up to bad decisions from this administration but didn’t for party unity. The latest investigation is over the actions of Attorney General Gonzales and the Federal Judges that were fired, possibly illegally. All politically motivated, like the failure to take care of the financial crisis today.
Not that the Dems are much better - Pelosi just had to rub their faces in it, as if they needed an excuse not to vote for the ‘bailout’ plan. It stinks but, ya know, there’s a big shake up goin down- we’re gonna have to learn how to get by w/o massive amounts of easy credit, the financial markets have to get a new plan to invest with much less leverage, and hopefully a lot of Gov officials are gonna need to dust off their resumes. It’s all good.
September 29th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Hate to tell you but the majority of the American public were against this plan. If you read it youd understand why. Not to mention the architects are all the people who failed to see this coming, refused to enforce and strengthen regulations, and then when they could no longer deny the truth, have implemented failed measure after failed measure. How many times does someone have to be wrong before you replace them?
Now atleast theres a chance for something real to get down, however small. Thankfully we had enough republicans and democrats who were actually doing their job. Maybe’s there hope yet.
September 30th, 2008 at 1:16 am
BenG,
My comment was referring specifically to the presidential campaign. When was the last time a campaign-crushing national crisis (economic or otherwise) suddenly appeared right in the thick of election season? The odds against such an occurrence have to be on a par with getting struck by lightning at least. That’s what I meant by Obama winning the proverbial lottery. Keep in mind that in the week after the GOP convention, McCain-Palin had taken a significant lead in polls and appeared to have all the momentum. This in spite of a sluggish economy (usually the kiss of death for the incumbent party) and mounting public dissatisfaction with both the Bush administration and Congress.
Then the Wall Street blow-up fell into Obama’s lap. And make no mistake, this has all the makings of a campaign-crusher for McCain. For starters, it happened on Bush’s watch, but with Bush himself now beyond the reach of voters’ wrath, McCain is bound to feel that wrath instead. And if the bailout rejection leads to a full-blown financial meltdown, he and other Republicans are also bound to be punished for the actions of their fellows in the House who helped kill the bailout.
That momentum disappeared, virtually overnight, when Wall Street blew up.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Also bear in mind that, if nothing gets passed, and the economy tanks, the Republicans will get blamed. Regardless of whether the bill that got shot down would ahve done any good or not. Even if it would have made the situation worse, they still get blamed. Even though a majority of the public was opposed (rightly or wrongly) to the bill, if nothing passed, the Republicans get blamed anyway.
It may not be fair, but it is reality.