Reality TV or America’s Future?

Apparently Obama is sending all of us who pay attention (and have a clue) a direct message, that says “hey all of you who didn’t vote for me: it’s going to be a long four years.”  Additionally, congressional Democrats are banking on the 90 second attention span of the electorate to tide them over the next few months, a bet which will undoubtedly go in their favor.  Just look at this article from the Politico, regarding Obama’s plea to Senate Democrats to free up the remaining $350 Billion in TARP funds, so that he’ll be able to get right to work healing the world next week.  I’ll pull out a few choice quotes/ideas.

Firstly, class A scumbag Chris Dodd informs us that “This is not a popular vote.  This is a tough issue.”  Unfortunately, we all know that popularity or difficulty are never deterrents for our elected officials.  It sure didn’t deter them from drafting the legislation in the first place, despite opposition from nearly everyone with common sense.

Secondly, the article points out that “lawmakers from both sides have criticized the Treasury Department for its administration and shifting rational for the fund, called the Troubled Asset Relief Program.”  This is especially curious given that the legislation was approved and written by the same lawmakers.  Maybe they should have thought about these things before they wrote it and then had it signed into law.  Can’t do much complaining about a problem they created in the first place.  Naturally this will all be blamed on Bush, as most everything has been and will continue to be for years to come.  Adding to the lunacy is Harry Reid, saying “The TARP legislation…we must approve that, for a number of reasons, the most important of which is the ability to do something about housing…  We can all look back and talk about how the first $350 billion was not spent, but it’s very clear that there’s going to be a lot of money spent to help the housing industry.”  Translation: we have no idea what happened to the first $350 Billion.  We know it didn’t work, despite our ranting and raving about the urgency of the problem.  But don’t worry- this time it will.”

And last but not least, Obama himself “told the senators that he shared their concerns about the lack of transparency and accountability for the first $350 billion portion of the funds, which largely went to banks and auto companies… But he also stressed the urgency of his request, saying that the funds are a necessary tool to boost the struggling economy.”  Which is basically the same thing Reid said, but with the style and flair we will all quickly grow accustomed to.  It all makes perfect sense.  So far, the dire, time sensitive problem has not been fixed by throwing huge amounts of money at it.  But maybe if we throw even more money against the wall, then maybe, just maybe, something will stick.  You can just hear them thinking: “It hasn’t worked yet, but why should that stop us from trying again?  It’s not like the electorate is going to remember or care anyway.  American Idol started back up again, so they’ll be busy until May.”

I sure hope they’re wrong.