Mutiny On the 'Bama
February 4, 2009
Only a few weeks out of port, the Good Ship Obama, which
set sail under the flag of bipartisan cooperation, seems to be foundering
as First Mate Nancy Pelosi goes against her Captain's stated intentions
by ignoring the wishes of about 40 percent of the crew under her command.
Pelosi and House Democrats have managed to write a massive, pork-laden
economic stimulus bill without bothering to solicit input from even a
single Republican Representative. Because Barack Obama let the bill get
out of his control, he faces the political equivalent of mutiny by his
own party.
Indeed, President Obama had better "hope" that
Nancy Pelosi is willing to "change," because otherwise his timidity,
born in no small part of his utter lack of executive experience, is going
to cost him leadership of his own Party. Already the ever-gracious Harry
Reid has declared, "I do not work for Barack Obama. I work with him."
His tone of disdain is emphasized by the fact that he couldn't be bothered
to use "President" when referring to the Commander-in-Chief.
Perhaps if the President flashed his "chiseled pectorals" at
Senator Reid in order induce a man-crush on the part of the Nevada Senator
he might soften Reid's insubordination.
Our new President is swimming with sharks. Vice President
Joe Biden (whose job description may now be limited to feeding flattering
lines from romance novels to the mainstream media - they can't be making
this all up, right?) predicted that when he promised that Mr. Obama would
be challenged within the first six months of his first term. What Mr.
Biden failed to do was to recognize where the challenge would come from.
Because there's no doubt that the sharks circling the U.S.S. Obama look
a lot like donkeys with sharp teeth and dorsal fins.
Obama's Democratic predators have loaded the stimulus
bill with funding for abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, and America's
home-grown terrorists (read "ACORN"), agencies that bully and
extort in order, not to better the lives of those less "fortunate,"
but to topple the edifice of capitalism, which they see as the true enemy.
Bill Clinton, Barney Frank and friends started the process, Pelosi and
Reid apparently intend to finish it.
And they've loaded it with "green energy" subsidies
that not only will do nothing to save a planet that most responsible scientists
now say doesn't need saving, but will, as so many Democrat legislative
initiatives such as ethanol requirements have done, add tens of millions
of poor people to the ranks of the starving around the globe by taking
their primary food source away from them so the rest of the world can
drive automobiles that burn "clean" fuel. When these are added
to the national security risks exacerbated by the drastic and unsound
limitations on drilling Democrats have saddled the oil companies with,
it's clear that the stimulus package is part of a larger, more nefarious
plan on the part of the sharks.
Of course, the fact that Captain Obama has never piloted
so much as a tugboat has a lot to do with the way things are shaping up
for his administration. His press secretary is reduced to trying to shift
the blame for the increasingly negative coverage his boss is receiving
to Fox News, while the boss himself is dodging the press, claiming his
visit to a primary school is more important than addressing the mounting
revolt, not only by his own party but by the complicit liberal news media
as well.
Welcome to the high seas, Mr. President, even as you bid
farewell to the high times you've enjoyed to this point. There's stormy
weather and 20-foot waves ahead, and the mutiny that's already underway
will exacerbate your troubles if you do nothing to prevent it from spreading.
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