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Let’s Walk Back That Daffy Lame Duck Talk

Posted on | February 23, 2010 | 16 Comments

by Smitty (h/t Insty)

This post is prompted by Sense of Events: “Is Obama a lame duck already?”

It’s far too early to start writing anything triumphal about the lameness of the POTUS. The chief reason is that, while the Tea Parties are an impressive outpouring of outrage, they haven’t demonstrated staying power. They cannot, except to have massive impact on the 2010 and 2012 races, and then keep up the pressure.

There really isn’t precedent for such. Ross Perot stirred up a heap of resentment in ’92, including garnering my vote, but the GOP mostly absorbed that momentum by ’94. Thus, the George Wills and Charles Krauthammers, while enjoying the enthusiasm, generally write and speak as if the Tea Parties have not passed the ‘so, what?’ test.

Sure, the Left is offering frightened squeaks and neglecting to run for re-election all over the place. But do they really care? Do they privately know that all the ruling elite has to do is wait for the tsunami of outrage to wash over, so that the basic Progressive project of trashing Constitution and country can resume.

The Tea Parties might be seen as more than emotional venting when:

Really, people: if we’re not eliminating the power to steal, then the ruling elite simply play the waiting game, and eventually resume thuggery.  Why are Michael Steele and the GOP still playing the same Progressive tune, e.g. Mitt endorsing Stacy’s cousin?

Because they’re pissing down your back and telling you it’s raining, that’s why! But until the people demonstrate that they can tell the difference between rain and filth, the golden shower will continue.  The metaphor is crude, but apropos. The George Wills shall continue to argue that the Progressive Priesthood Knows Best, and the little people Can’t Handle The Truth.

So the lame duck talk is just a distraction. Time and Tea Party have not shown that there is more than passing dismay over Progressivism yet. The Priesthood is going to continue to condescend, to treat the problems as Too Hard, and tell us to accept their reliable toolscandidates, in lieu of leadership with integrity.

This blogger remains optimistic, however, that the Internet will continue to educate citizens about the Progressive noose about the collective neck, and the potential for emancipation from it.

Category: Barack Obama, Taxes, Tea Party

Comments

16 Responses to “Let’s Walk Back That Daffy Lame Duck Talk”

  1. Joe
    February 24th, 2010 @ 4:01 am

    Obama is weakened but hardly a lame duck. He is going to do something crazy just to get something passed.

    And don’t kid yourself, even weakened, Obama could win a second term. The GOP needs a very strong candidate to take him on.

  2. Joe
    February 23rd, 2010 @ 11:01 pm

    Obama is weakened but hardly a lame duck. He is going to do something crazy just to get something passed.

    And don’t kid yourself, even weakened, Obama could win a second term. The GOP needs a very strong candidate to take him on.

  3. Mark
    February 24th, 2010 @ 4:09 am

    Fuck George Will

  4. Mark
    February 23rd, 2010 @ 11:09 pm

    Fuck George Will

  5. Bill Spears
    February 24th, 2010 @ 4:20 am

    I like the bit about George Will. Nailed it. McCain was the last time I’m voting for some damn Republican progressive. Far as I’m concerned, progressives like Mitt need to find honest work.

    And right about the Internet. If someone could come up with a nice symbol of the power of the internet to counter the establishment, I’d wear it.

  6. Bill Spears
    February 23rd, 2010 @ 11:20 pm

    I like the bit about George Will. Nailed it. McCain was the last time I’m voting for some damn Republican progressive. Far as I’m concerned, progressives like Mitt need to find honest work.

    And right about the Internet. If someone could come up with a nice symbol of the power of the internet to counter the establishment, I’d wear it.

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  8. Thrasymachus
    February 24th, 2010 @ 6:25 am

    I remember the late 70’s, when there was no internet, and if I wanted any conservative ideology I had to sneak off to the library to read National Review or the Wall Street Journal. But the conservative moment was coming! And it’s been coming, and coming, any day now! since then. Hasn’t Palin endorsed McCain? The Republican Party is not a serious organization and the Tea Parties are inchoate expressions of the popular will, about which the people who run things couldn’t care less.

    No, I don’t have any answers. I don’t think as of now anybody else does either. Until someone figures out a way to actually interrupt the functioning of the system, it will go as if we don’t exist.

  9. Thrasymachus
    February 24th, 2010 @ 1:25 am

    I remember the late 70’s, when there was no internet, and if I wanted any conservative ideology I had to sneak off to the library to read National Review or the Wall Street Journal. But the conservative moment was coming! And it’s been coming, and coming, any day now! since then. Hasn’t Palin endorsed McCain? The Republican Party is not a serious organization and the Tea Parties are inchoate expressions of the popular will, about which the people who run things couldn’t care less.

    No, I don’t have any answers. I don’t think as of now anybody else does either. Until someone figures out a way to actually interrupt the functioning of the system, it will go as if we don’t exist.

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  11. Adobe Walls
    February 24th, 2010 @ 9:01 am

    Smitty; there are some significant differences between what Ross Perot did and did not do in 92 and the “Tea Parties” of today. First at present the “Tea Parties” are a movement and do not, at least for now, appear to be trying to become a third party. Ross Perot did not start or lead a third party movement but rather a third candidate movement. While I can’t even recall which third party he commandeered, once Perot stopped running for president they returned to relative obscurity. The “Tea Party” people mostly seem to be folks who’ve never gotten more involved than voting and maybe contributing to candidates who appeal and then usually disappoint. It may be just wishful thinking but this time does seem different.

  12. Adobe Walls
    February 24th, 2010 @ 2:01 pm

    Smitty; there are some significant differences between what Ross Perot did and did not do in 92 and the “Tea Parties” of today. First at present the “Tea Parties” are a movement and do not, at least for now, appear to be trying to become a third party. Ross Perot did not start or lead a third party movement but rather a third candidate movement. While I can’t even recall which third party he commandeered, once Perot stopped running for president they returned to relative obscurity. The “Tea Party” people mostly seem to be folks who’ve never gotten more involved than voting and maybe contributing to candidates who appeal and then usually disappoint. It may be just wishful thinking but this time does seem different.

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  14. Live Free Or Die
    February 24th, 2010 @ 10:35 pm

    Can we at least agree that O-bah-muhh is LAME?
    Ross Perot tapped into the outrage of those of us that knew NAFTA was a Shaft-a. Full steam ahead to the global economy. How’s that working out for us? Republican, or Democrat, didn’t matter. They rammed NAFTA through during Clinton-years, as was China most-favored trading status made permanent.Now we are in financial debt to China, and ask “How high?” when they say “Jump”. God help us.

  15. Live Free Or Die
    February 24th, 2010 @ 5:35 pm

    Can we at least agree that O-bah-muhh is LAME?
    Ross Perot tapped into the outrage of those of us that knew NAFTA was a Shaft-a. Full steam ahead to the global economy. How’s that working out for us? Republican, or Democrat, didn’t matter. They rammed NAFTA through during Clinton-years, as was China most-favored trading status made permanent.Now we are in financial debt to China, and ask “How high?” when they say “Jump”. God help us.

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