William Rivers Pitt: Another Hard November

[babylonsister]

As usual, you will be better served if you read the entire excellent article.

http://www.truth-out.org/another-hard-november64820

Another Hard November
Friday 05 November 2010
by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed


(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Terry Feuerborn, Gregory Hauenstein)


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What does it all mean?

Let's see.

It means that the US House of Representatives, and to a lesser extent the US Senate, have once again been transformed into a theater of the absurd. Rep. Allen West of Florida is proud to have tortured an Iraqi policeman during his tour of duty, and prouder still to be a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang. Rep. Vicky Hartzler thinks God told her to amend her state's constitution to ban gay marriage. Rep. Tim Walberg believes the best use of the House of Representative's time would be to pursue impeachment proceedings against President Obama to determine the validity of his birth certificate. Senator Rand Paul sounds like he will block efforts to pay the national debt, despite the fact that such an act would cripple the dollar and annihilate the global economy.

The beat goes on.

It means that we should all be prepared to deal with the House Select Subcommittee investigation into the validity of Mr. Obama's citizenship, whether he is a secret Muslim fascist communist socialist terrorist mole, and maybe even whether or not he is, in fact, the re-incarnation of Adolf Hitler. For sure, it means there will be very public hearings into the "fact" that global warming is a fraud. It means everyone working in the White House better get themselves a good lawyer and have a cool quarter million dollars handy for legal fees, because if history (read: the 1990's) is any guide, a Republican House squared off against a Democratic administration means a blizzard of subpoenas from various GOP-chaired committees over anything and everything they can think of. The GOP learned this tactic during the Clinton years, and they will do it again. In short, the new Republican House will treat this Democratic president the way the Democratic House should have treated the Bush administration, but with no cause other than to disrupt and dismember.

It means that Alan Grayson's strong, strident voice will no longer be heard. Worse, it means that Russ Feingold is gone, which is a tragedy beyond reckoning, almost beyond comprehension. His final words to his constituents - "Thank you. Thank you for your support over the years. Representing Wisconsin in the Senate has been the greatest honor of my life and together we accomplished many great things. No one has ever had such a strong foundation of support as I have. You gave me my backbone. In the words of Bob Dylan: 'But my heart is not weary. It's light and free. I've got nothing but affection for those who have sailed with me.' Forward!" - fail to convey the pathos left in the wake of his sudden, terrible absence.

It means the "mainstream" news media had a chance to explain what happened on Tuesday with honesty and accuracy, and once again blew it, as expected. This was not an election proving America is a "center-right nation," whatever the hell that means. In 2006 and 2008, the Democrats won a slew of House seats in districts that had historically rejected them out of hand. This happened because the Bush administration and the GOP were so God-awful that even their own people rejected them. In 2008, for example, several dozen districts elected a Democrat to the House while simultaneously going for McCain. What happened on Tuesday had some to do with the economy, very little to do with the so-called "Tea Party," and almost everything to do with those several dozen House seats snapping back to their normal states of being.

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It also means that I'm going to give the newly-empowered GOP a week - maybe two - before I start caterwauling about why they haven't fixed the economy, joblessness, the wars, terrorism and the fact that my pants don't fit right. According to the GOP, Obama and the Democrats were expected to cure all that ails us the very bleeding minute they walked in the door two years ago, and last I heard, turnabout is fair play.

So, yeah, the clock is ticking. And yeah, things are about to get very weird around here.

[madmax]

1. By all means read tthe entire article.

great pic, too. k&r :kick:

[sce56]

2. Unfortunately we need to get the message out and the M$M will not speak out the truth!

If we could only get Amy Goodman on more channels to force feed the truth to the country! Until we fix the FCC and Citizens United we are truly screwed!





I never saw any postings here on DU other than my own as to the satellite Rally's to Restore Sanity and or Keep Fear Alive!


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9428906

[11cents]

3. Let's see, it was just a few months ago ...

...that WR Pitt informed DU that there was no way in hell that the GOP would win in the 2010 elections, that we could "bank on it." But I can't remember exactly what macho, blustery thing he promised to do to himself if he were wrong. Anyway, has he done it?

(At least he didn't call everyone who dissented a "shitdog" that time.)