It's still Obama's fault, somehow
That's going to be the Party line for the right wing today as the economy tanks:
The failure to reach agreement on Capitol Hill raised a specter of financial collapse for General Motors and Chrysler, which say they may not be able to survive through this month.
After Senate Republicans balked at supporting a $14 billion auto rescue plan approved by the House on Wednesday, negotiators worked late into Thursday evening to broker a deal but deadlocked over Republican demands for steep cuts in pay and benefits by the United Automobile Workers union in 2009.
Catch that? While the Republicans - who claim to loooooove the workin' man! - were not amiss to giving Joe Sixpack's bosses billions upon billions of dollars, Joe S. was going to be required to take a sharp cut in pay and benefits. Only fair, after all, since if Joe wasn't such a greedy bastard, wanting expensive stuff like health care and more than minimum wage, the automakers wouldn't have had a problem in the first place! And government regulations blah blah emission standards blah blah fuel efficency blah blah blah flibbety-floo.
Like I said, the sad part is that the Joe S.'s who the Repugs wanted to throw to the wolves are now going to tune in Glenn Blecch or the Pigman or Sean Insanity and will be told that it's somehow Obama's and the Dem's fault that this didn't pass - and buy it.
posted by Pere Ubu @ 9:29 AM
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Like I said, the sad part is that the Joe S.'s who the Repugs wanted to throw to the wolves are now going to tune in Glenn Blecch or the Pigman or Sean Insanity and will be told that it's somehow Obama's and the Dem's fault that this didn't pass - and buy it.
Maybe, maybe not. I'm hoping they've been paying extra close attention the past few weeks. If they don't know what smarmy, evil bastards Shelby and Corker et al are by now, then they never will. And if Joe Sixpack is a union guy and has been listening to Limbaugh lately, then he knows El Rushbo is not on his side.
As Jonathan Chait has pointed out, the Republican may have committed a strategic blunder with their tactical tantrum: When the new Senate and White House convene, the Democrats will cut a much better deal for themselves, with fewer or no wage cuts for workers and tougher environmental standards.
OMG you should read the comments over at my place from my wingnut friend. Apparently because the stock market didn't magically respond on election day, somehow Obama has been "a disaster" for the economy.
And they accuse US of giving Obama magical powers? What-EVER.
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