Whether or not there ought to be a $700 billion dollar bail-out, yesterday's House vote clearly demonstrated that Bush is the lamest of lame ducks.
Item- He couldn't persuade 4 Republicans from TEXAS to vote Yes.
Item- He has reportedly told confidantes that "No one listens to me anymore".
Item- His affect and body language clearly show that he knows he is irrelevant and even toxic to his fellow Republicans.
Item- North Korea has revived its nuclear program. Iran has not slowed down or stopped their program and now Hugo Chavez wants nukes for Venezuela. Would any of this be happening if Reagan were President ? Or even George H.W. Bush ?
Just as our allies lost respect for Carter and our enemies were emboldened; so it is with Bush. He is a " failed President" and everyone knows it.
Item- McCain could not deliver Arizona's 4 Republicans.
Item- Gingrich worked behind the scenes to defeat the bail-out and then jumped onboard at the last minute.
Item- Obama did NOT make a single call to a single member of the Black Caucus or Illinois delegation to push for passage.
Item- Boehner could only deliver less than half of the House Republicans.
Item- 12 Democrats from Barney Frank's Financial Services Committe voted No.
Where was Barney ?
Item- The current housing mess is concentrated in California; Florida and the current credit crunch and Wall Street mess will affect New York, New Jersey and Connecticutt the most. They will lose the most financial services jobs and tax revenues. Where was Henry Waxman ? Where was Charlie Rangel ?
Item- Pelosi was a total failure UNLESS she wanted the bail-out to go down so she could blame the Republicans. Worst case scenario is that she drafts a pork laden bill to get unanimous Democrat support which the Republicans will oppose and then block in the Senate = The Republicans will get blamed.
Item- The Dems have done everything they could to blame the Republicans when it was THEY who blocked reform of Fannie & Freddie.
Everybody connected to this bail-out except for Bush and Paulson have spoken out of both sides of their mouth. At least the House Republicans have come up with an alternative. Where is the Democrat alternative ? Where is Obama ? Where
is Harry Reid ? Where the hell are Schumer and Dodd ? Where are Lautenberg and Menendez ?
It's starting to look as thought the Dems WANT an economic crisis so they can solve it with MORE GOVERNMENT.





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