Christmas Blues

And yet the American people see this albatross for what it
truly is — a massive expansion of government. Why do both parties fixate on and
equate more power centralized in this modern-day Sodom as a public good? And
are we voters so naïve or numb to this fact that when we remain silent,
politicians see that as acquiescent approval?

I am utterly amazed at the sentimentality Democrats and
President Barack Obama are expressing in the final hours before America’s
financial Armageddon: Proponents invoking Ted Kennedy as if his ghost meandered
those halls late at night with only the Democratic caucus. Senate Majority Whip
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) early Tuesday morning pensively stating the Senate will be
forever remembered for such heroic acts by the Democrats. Even Obama yesterday
proudly defied anyone to point out differences between his campaign promises on
health reform and what will ultimately pass — a nod to his omniscience, I
suspect.

Poor Barack. He just doesn’t get it. He piously declares he
has “excellent coverage” as president. He doesn’t need reform. He’s fighting
for those who don’t have coverage. Yet in every interview and public appearance,
the benefits of this measure are conveniently excluded or glossed over with
tough talk of nailing “fat cat” insurance companies. Instead, the president
parrots a familiar line every Democrat in Washington is asserting: “We’re
making history!” To him, passage of this bill is more about securing a “W” in
his column, not moving sound public policy.

Don’t believe me? Then if it were so important and so
monumental, why move a bill in as little time as it takes Congress to name a
post office? Why not wait for Congress’s budget office to say how much it will
cost? And why, for heaven’s sake, do you enact a bill that begins to tax
Americans immediately to pay for it, yet doesn’t offer them the first dime in
benefits for several years? Is that courageous? Is that historic?

Meanwhile, back in reality, rank-and-file Democrats are
headed for the exits. In the past few weeks, a handful of old-bull Democrats
announced their retirements, not willing to face the voters in 2010 for their
gluttonous giving-in to Pelosi’s at-all-costs leftist agenda. Others are simply
trading in their jerseys for the other team, another sign Pelosi as Speaker is
the wrong way to go. Rep. Parker
Griffith out of Alabama announced his switch just yesterday; is he the only
Democrat listening to his constituents?

Christmas of 2009 is rapidly shaping up as a Black Friday
for Democrats. They confidently stride into the chamber, determined they are
headed toward destiny’s banquet table, yet the voters know otherwise; they are
foolishly striding toward defeat.

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