Tuesday night found me flipping back and forth between FOXNews and MSNBC. What a contrast! FOX was putting forth the view that the Scott Brown victory Tuesday night was a reaction by the people to the Obama/Democratic agenda, particularly the health-care-conformity bill and spending in general. On MSNBC, Chris Mathews and Richard, uh, Rachel Maddow were spouting off to Keith Olbermann (with each name mentioned this just gets better and better). Maddow went on a tirade about how this was a message to Democrats that the people were tired of the waiting and they want this health care bill passed now! This was all said in-between Olbermann’s rhythmic sneering.
The question I have here – is Maddow the fool or is she right and it’s Democrats across the board (at least in Massachusetts) who are fools? Among the Maddow snarl, coupled with her trademark, ‘Look at me, I’m being sarcastic to make a point” smile, her words spoke volumes about the way these far-left radical commentators see the people, even their own. That, or it’s just empty garbage that sounds good on the surface.
According to her, Democrats want health care reform NOW! And they accomplish that by voting in the Republican and ruining the 60 seat majority? Are these people that stupid or is it that Maddow thinks they are that stupid? These people so upset about inaction that they would wound their party’s control and raise the power level of the other party that wants this bill to go away completely? And they collectively decided this two weeks after the Senate passed their version and less than two weeks before the election (about when Martha Coakley’s numbers began the tumble)? As Congress was working on it?
Wow. That’s [insert sarcastic snarl-smile here] just freakin’ brilliant!
The foolishness of her position is exposed by another side to the election impact. Senator-elect Scott Brown’s win appears to have led to a deliberate slowing down of health care. The White House and other Democrats have been real careful, almost thoughtful, in making it known that Brown’s certification shouldn’t be delayed and that the health-care debate shouldn’t continue until he is seated. I am impressed. When I heard Democrats sent Al Franken’s lawyer to Massachusetts Tuesday morning, I was gunning up for a fight and for another reason for independents to jump off the Democrat ship.
That’s who Democrats would further alienate if they were to play games and delay Brown’s seat. Independents. The majority of those who voted on Tuesday. The group that ultimately decides elections.
The truth of the matter is, Scott Brown’s win on Tuesday breathes a huge sigh of relief throughout the Democratic caucus. The worst thing that could have happened would to have had Coakley win by sliver. Key Democrats like Jim Webb have insisted that the heath care debate not proceed until Brown is seated. Why? At a time when Republicans are completely locked out of legislative proceedings? They have options to try and circumvent any Republican influence yet they are suddenly passive.
It’s a win-win for reasonable Democrats – or those who see their careers getting railroaded this coming November. They can scale back or restart (or abandon) health care reform and can now blame it on the Republicans. They don’t have to fight (or at least appear to fight) for it anymore. They can throw in the towel and the Maddow/Olbermann wing of the party will be upset for a while, but they will possibly cool the heads of many mainstream Democrat and independent voters. All the while, they can scale back or give up other big government agendas and blame the failures on Republicans. Any cost savings and gained market confidence from not spending all of this money with a little Republican influence on economic policies might lead to some indications of economic recovery. Which Democrats, being the party in charge, can easily take credit for.
So they’ll get good marks for not growing government as fast as they had hoped because of Republican interference in the people’s affairs which in turn, causes them to not achieve their promises, thus it’s the Republican’s fault!
Even with a lazy press sympathetic to Democratic causes, Democrats have taken a beating this year from the public. They are tired. They are weary. And they are scared.
As well they should be. If not of the current political climate, then at least be afraid – very afraid – of Rachel Maddow.
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Ecellent read. Say, did you catch Matthews chastising Howard Dean? Dean was siding with Brown! I’m telling you what, the Dems are imploding, and it took less than a year after Obama took his oath to trash the U.S.
Somebody light my cigar, I’m enjoying this day… or maybe the entire week!
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Awesome article Otto, I tried to do the switch back and forth thing between Fox and MSNBC but for some reason MSNBC made an old case of donkey flu flare up. SO I watched the coverage on Fox. It is funny to me though how delusional the Democrats are about just what this win means. The Democrats seem to be trying to comfort their base while the their ship is sinking.
It will be quite telling to see how Obama act tonight during the State of the Union Address tonight. I am sure he will be the same old Obama blaming everything on others instead of himself or his party.
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I’m really loving this off-message tirade. Radical Democrats have blinded themselves to the truth of a Majority of Conservatives that don’t want the crap they are peddling. I hope their blindness is permanent.
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