It's Christmas Time In D.C.
It's Christmas time, again. This Year, people are writing letters to the President instead of Santa Claus. They are asking Mr. Obama to stand up to the Republicans.
"All we want for Christmas is for you to stand up to them and say NO to tax cuts for the richest of the rich. Say NO to DADT, extend unemployment benefits to people still searching for a job and say it like you mean it. Do these things and we will forgive you if you lose. Really, we just don't want you to give up before you try. Hurry, before the House gets painted red and has tea stains all over it."
The Republicans have already submitted their list.
"We will tantrum and filibuster if we do not get tax breaks for the rich and richest. If not, we will say no to all the things on the list of the American people. We will not allow the government enough money to operate. We will not protect out treaties with Russia to bilaterally scale down nuclear weapons."
Can you see the "naughty" here?
No wonder Mr. Obama is getting as much mail as Santa Claus! No wonder we want him to stand and "President Up"... if you will... Silence the naughty children, give them their ritalin and make them behave.. as if they had a constituency in their home states that they were supposed to be representing.. instead of standing on some very tall egos and screaming about the solidarity of party lines.
It's not unusual for children to confuse God and Santa. It's very unusual for Democrats to confuse Santa and the President.. and throw in a few prayers to God to preserve our well-being throughout the New Year. And it seems necessary to do all of this!
The only other thing left to do is bring in the 43 filibusters and let the votes fall where they may. Policies only become policies when they get to the table. It's obvious that we are going to have to crack a few eggs to get an omelette out of this mess and Christmas is coming. We need people lines, not party lines!
"All we want for Christmas is for you to stand up to them and say NO to tax cuts for the richest of the rich. Say NO to DADT, extend unemployment benefits to people still searching for a job and say it like you mean it. Do these things and we will forgive you if you lose. Really, we just don't want you to give up before you try. Hurry, before the House gets painted red and has tea stains all over it."
The Republicans have already submitted their list.
"We will tantrum and filibuster if we do not get tax breaks for the rich and richest. If not, we will say no to all the things on the list of the American people. We will not allow the government enough money to operate. We will not protect out treaties with Russia to bilaterally scale down nuclear weapons."
Can you see the "naughty" here?
No wonder Mr. Obama is getting as much mail as Santa Claus! No wonder we want him to stand and "President Up"... if you will... Silence the naughty children, give them their ritalin and make them behave.. as if they had a constituency in their home states that they were supposed to be representing.. instead of standing on some very tall egos and screaming about the solidarity of party lines.
It's not unusual for children to confuse God and Santa. It's very unusual for Democrats to confuse Santa and the President.. and throw in a few prayers to God to preserve our well-being throughout the New Year. And it seems necessary to do all of this!
The only other thing left to do is bring in the 43 filibusters and let the votes fall where they may. Policies only become policies when they get to the table. It's obvious that we are going to have to crack a few eggs to get an omelette out of this mess and Christmas is coming. We need people lines, not party lines!
posted by suzie at 2:11 PM
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