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Marked in Pgh on Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:48:26 PM
Pelosi turned out the lights, but the Republicans and the people have stayed on in her place. Is it any wonder? The Democrat leadership is notable for its lack of mental depth, depending on group politics and group think, to the point they make wonderful targets for ridicule. I want to thank them for this opportunity; and sinse they are so predictable, "It's the Congress Stupid" just might become a regular feature of my blog.
When there is a complete lack of real leadership, someone needs to step in and take over, providing a much needed alternative to the madness. No one seems more out of touch (or touched), with the possible exception of Obama, than Madam Pelosi in her insistent refusal to face reality. Obama's is the success of the surge, Pelosi's is the need for more domestic oil and a break from the power of the Enviro Nazis. Madam Pointdexter, how can you save the world if you destroy your country? Or is it a sign of weaknes, of both resolve and grasp of what really matters, that she is lacking sinse she became the inarticulate Speaker of the House? To her, it's all politics, a politics of catch phrases and theatrical excesses over what really needs to be done. All she has to do is reconvene the House and put the issue of domestic drilling to an up or down vote.
She won't, of course. Pelosi and the other liberals in Congress, along with Reid and the Democrat majority in the Senate, have become complacent, year to year; to simply complain about the annual increase in gas prices during the summer drive season. While the Republicans had nominal majorities in both houses of Congress, the prices would settle back to about the same level each year. Now that the Democrats have control of both houses of ill-repute, is it any wonder that the price of gas has gone up and not declined again?
Actually, the lights have been out in the House of Representatives for a long time. In Pelosi's case, they're blown out, without even a pilot light in evidence. This should be an inspiration to us. We can work for change, by actually voting the Democrats out, like we did in 1994. Then we can vote the Rinos out, including Sen. Snarlin Arlin in 2010.
P.S. I want to compliment The Oil Patch Plug for his posting of port-a-johns with the catch phrases of Obama's campaigns. They reminded me of the Democrat Congress.