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July 23, 2010

Krauthammer Late to the Party with a Kool-Aid Cocktail

Charles Krauthammer weighs in on the dark future today with Beware the lame duck

"Assuming the elections go as currently projected, Obama's follow-on reforms are dead. Except for the fact that a lame-duck session, freezing in place the lopsided Democratic majorities of November 2008, would be populated by dozens of Democratic members who had lost reelection (in addition to those retiring). They could then vote for anything -- including measures they today shun as the midterms approach and their seats are threatened -- because they would have nothing to lose."
Sadly, Krauthammer is a full month behind the sphere. In June, NeoNeoCon had this all laid out:
Pajamas Media » Harry and Nancy's Last Stand This "fierce urgency of now" comes from the obvious political consideration that a lame duck Congress has nothing to lose. Once it'sbeen thrown under the bus and lies there bleeding (actually, you might say it threw itself in front of the bus, but let's not quibble about the finer points), it might just as well enact a piece of legislation that will further bankrupt the country and please the left fringe and nobody else. Beware a group that's still in power but has stopped fearing any consequences from the public.

Krauthammer's Kool-Aid cocktail? He closes his essay with:
"The Democrats could, of course, make the pledge today and break it tomorrow. Call me naive, but I can't believe anyone would be that dishonorable."
I hope he's being more sarcastic than naive, but either way he needs to pay closer attention and invest in hemp futures.

Posted by Vanderleun at July 23, 2010 2:24 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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He's naive. Everything the Democrats have done in the last year has been dohonorable.

Posted by: ahem at July 24, 2010 6:07 AM

He's fooling himself, which makes him a fool. Pity those who fall for such pablum. There is no deceit, no murder, no theft, no demonization that is beneath the political gang in power in Congress and the White House. They work their schemes with utter contempt and disregard for The Constitution, We the People, and The Republic. Damn them all.

Posted by: twolaneflash at July 24, 2010 10:44 AM

The problem with such a lame-duck legislature revolves around two questions: how many of these are ideological kamikazes willing to take all out for the vision, and how many are party members who will try to save the party for the future?

Historically, in America, the 'kamikaze' has not won over the 'party'. It shall all turn on where the state and local parties are after November. If the state and local Democrats are still in the hands of those who are not kamikazes, then all is well.

If otherwise - then 'boom goes the dynamite'.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at July 24, 2010 8:12 PM

"he needs to pay closer attention and invest in hemp futures."

For smoking or hanging?

Posted by: broodrack at July 24, 2010 9:10 PM

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