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**dumadegg** · 01-04-2011, 04:46 AM

It would be even funnier if it were not so true. I suspect the far lefties may be right, this is a misdirection to split the middle.

There is no misdirection going on here; it is a hostile corporate takeover of a state and it's utilities that would give unprecedented power and control to the executive office of the Governor of the state.

Teachers and other public employees unions are being used as a scapegoat by the right for budget ills that had nothing to do with the unions and everything to do with the fact that we're in a recession.

The Republicans are a party whose tactics are ultimately cynical on this matter: they depended on voter apathy in order to completely overhaul the state of Wisconsin, bust the unions, and give the executive branch the power to award private contracts without having to accept any competition for them.

Republicans won in a tidal wave last November and to many of them they thought it meant the country just loves them and would let them do as they please once in power, which is why the Republican plan right now is to advance old culture war issues that are not appealing to anyone other than the religious right, and to try to deliver wholesale more goodies to the top earners by way of gutting the middle to working class.

The national campaign among Republicans is jobs, jobs, jobs, yet their plan is estimated to cost the country over 700,000 jobs this year alone according to the CBO, Moody's, and Goldman Sachs, that liberal think tank.

The stink that Republicans have unleashed in Wisconsin and nationally with their peculiar and obviously naked stance against gov't jobs is not helping them among independent voters, who put them into office in order to protect American jobs while growing the economy.

The revelation that their plan actually loses jobs coupled with their lazy attitude about it is remarkable. Boehner said, "So be it" at the thought of Americans losing jobs because of his bill, and Eric Cantor and Mitch Daniels among others have echoed the same sentiments in interviews in recent days.

Their naked ambition to unseat President Obama, even if that means the economy goes back into the crapper because of their failed proposals, coupled with their ambition to deliver the country to the hands of private power could not be more clear or urgent or direct.

No misdirection happening here. It's pure politics and the consequences are real.

01-04-2011, 04:46 AM	#7
dumadegg Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 381 Senior Member	It would be even funnier if it were not so true. I suspect the far lefties may be right, this is a misdirection to split the middle. There is no misdirection going on here; it is a hostile corporate takeover of a state and it's utilities that would give unprecedented power and control to the executive office of the Governor of the state. Teachers and other public employees unions are being used as a scapegoat by the right for budget ills that had nothing to do with the unions and everything to do with the fact that we're in a recession. The Republicans are a party whose tactics are ultimately cynical on this matter: they depended on voter apathy in order to completely overhaul the state of Wisconsin, bust the unions, and give the executive branch the power to award private contracts without having to accept any competition for them. Republicans won in a tidal wave last November and to many of them they thought it meant the country just loves them and would let them do as they please once in power, which is why the Republican plan right now is to advance old culture war issues that are not appealing to anyone other than the religious right, and to try to deliver wholesale more goodies to the top earners by way of gutting the middle to working class. The national campaign among Republicans is jobs, jobs, jobs, yet their plan is estimated to cost the country over 700,000 jobs this year alone according to the CBO, Moody's, and Goldman Sachs, that liberal think tank. The stink that Republicans have unleashed in Wisconsin and nationally with their peculiar and obviously naked stance against gov't jobs is not helping them among independent voters, who put them into office in order to protect American jobs while growing the economy. The revelation that their plan actually loses jobs coupled with their lazy attitude about it is remarkable. Boehner said, "So be it" at the thought of Americans losing jobs because of his bill, and Eric Cantor and Mitch Daniels among others have echoed the same sentiments in interviews in recent days. Their naked ambition to unseat President Obama, even if that means the economy goes back into the crapper because of their failed proposals, coupled with their ambition to deliver the country to the hands of private power could not be more clear or urgent or direct. No misdirection happening here. It's pure politics and the consequences are real.
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