Obama's Press Secretary Wags the Dog

Rather than including congressional republicans in the process, congressional democrats took the low road in excluding republicans from the Stimulus Package entirely. Perhaps Stimulus is a misnomer. Rush Limbaugh has deemed it Porkulus, and imitators have deemed it Spendulus, but it is what it is. That is a bill designed solely for the survival of democrat special interest groups. It has nothing to do with the economy.

This can be illustrated many ways. One is by pointing out some of the hundreds of items that waste millions and billions of dollars that create homework for the people, putting Americans behind gov't desks instead of lasting private sector positions. It was jammed down the collective throats of "us" with a complicit media who intends to keep us out of the loop.



It has only succeeded in galvanizing opposition, and rather than take a step forward and address the economy. Obama has yet taken another step backward and address Rush Limbaugh through his Press Secretary Gibbs in a media food fight. The point is to try to marginalize mainstream conservatism as something fringe and unusual (which cannot be farther from the truth), and to distract people from political underhandedness in Washington. Rather than being government watchdogs, as is a proud tradition of the media, the pundits have become subsidiary government cheerleaders. The only criticisms these days are marginalizations of those who dare criticize legitimate concerns, and their talking points are directed from Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Press Secretary Gibbs.

This all could have been avoided with Rush Limbaugh's Bipartisan Plan. Republicans won 46% of the vote, so they spend 46% of the bill in the form of tax cuts. Democrats won 54% of the vote, so they spend 54% of the money on spending plans. This would have the support of nearly every American, and would turn the page on partisan politics. However Obama has made no single move towards bipartisanship.



Gibbs is simply 'wagging the dog', aiming that Americans won't hold him and congressional democrats accountable. Hopefully Obama will get around addressing Wall Street and Main Street one of these days after growing the government into oblivion. As stunning as this is, Obama has grown the government in his first six weeks than every other American President before him combined.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is powerful enough to take away everything you have." - Thomas Jefferson