Dumb even by Eleanor Clift's standards

Eleanor Clift is a long time apologit for anything Obama or the Obamacrats do. everything is the fault of the GOP, even the weather (after all, they did not go along with cap and trade.) In a media world populated by knee-jerk liberals, Clift's knees move so much and so often that she must find it difficult to walk. Today, however, she reached a new low, even for her. In a piece in Newsweek, now expressly the journal of liberal thought, Clift faults Obama for the current plight of the Democrats by climing that he was "spending far too much time chasing a bipartisan consensus that turned out to be a mirage created on the campaign trail." It makes one wonder where Clift has been since January of 2009. She could not have been in Washington. Obama first pushed a stimulus bill that Republicans were not allowed to draft or even see before the vote went forward (Did Obama spend even 5 minutes looking for bi-partisan support for that bill? No.) Next Obama came forward with a budget that balooned the deficit to unheard of numbers, even after the stimulus. Again, were Republicans consulted? No. Next came healthcare. Has Clift forgotten that Republicans were not even told what the bill would contain until it was finally put forward for a vote? There was a so-called healthcare summit with Republicans that was held after the Democrats had spent about a year and passed different bills in the House and Senate. Indeed, the only reason Obama held that event was that Scott Brown had taken the Democrats unbeatable majority away from the Obamacrats earlier this year. After spending the afternoon discussing the healthcare proposal of the Republicans, not a single change was made to the Senate bill and it was passed by the House. OK, so Obama spent and afternoon trying to give the impression that he was bipaartisan, but no one other than Clift was fooled by this. Clift's idea of a bipartisan consensus is that Republicans must abandon their positions and agree on the position of the Obamacrats. That is surrender, not bipartisanship. Then there is cap and trade. In the House, the bill was strictly the view of the Democrats without any GOP involvement. Pelosi and her troops crammed that one through. In the Senate, however, there were many discussions about climate change legislation. Nothing passed, however, because both Republicans and Democrats refused to vote for Obama's bill. That is not bipartisanship; it is called defeat for Obama.

So Clift is lamenting that Obama was not enough of a pure Democrat to allow his positions to succeed and wow the American public. In truth, obama got enough of his positions through that the American public recognized that neither obama nor the Democrats had any ideas that were actually good for this country.

I am thinking of starting afund to help Eleanor defray the costs of her upcoming therapy sessions where she seeks to learn to recognize reality.