Ed Stein: For This Bounty. . .
I join the growing chorus of critics who don’t believe that Obama has focused enough on job creation. In fact, I’m more than a little disappointed in the tepid performance by Democrats in general. They won the election by large margins, yet they seem afraid to lead. The Republicans have been successful at all kinds of stalling tactics on judicial nominees (remember the outraged demand by Republicans for an up and down vote for Bush’s nominees?), many other appointments, climate change legislation, and the despicable tactics being employed against health care reform. Yet Democrats don’t seem to have the stomach for a real fight.
It will take political courage to spend the money needed for more stimulus aimed at job creation in the face of rising deficits, yet that’s exactly what most economists think we need. I also seem to remember the mantra that deficits don’t matter, when Bush was racking them up; evidently they only matter when Democrats control the White House. Yet the Dems apparently are afraid of the consequences if they actually get out in front of controversial legislation. As a good friend of mine, a recently-elected Colorado legislator, reminded me the other day, people don’t vote to re-elect legislators who do nothing, and they especially don’t re-elect cowards.
Let’s have some backbone, people. Do something.
See more of Stein’s work at EdSteinink.com
Cute little AbamaNation turkey.
I must be living in a parallel universe.
Where have appointments been blocked?
Where have Republicans been blocking judicial nominees?
What are the despicable tactics being employed against health care reform?
What kind of economist wants to spend money we don’t have to stimulate the economy?
That little AbamaNation turkey pretty will sums up the whole AbamaNation Accomplishments so far. I symbolizes the economy, as well as the stature of the United States of America with the rest of the world. AbamaNation wants to bring us down to size. AbamaNation wants a top down econopmy, like the old USSR. Controls and regulation. It is really disgusting that Abama is accomplishing exactly what he wants. Get even with producers. Get even with achievers. The Gov. will give you the money. This is reparations from the top down. The radical destruction of our great country right before our eyes. Get used to that little turkey. It is us.
ed,
Oh man do not lose the faith. By large means obama won the election and is still in number place of world peoples choice of leaders. And it is the right winged radical ones that are to blame. Men of all medias that are cheny men are to blame. Any blame on obama is the wrong thinking. Is the obama promises of hope and change not the true facts. Some may think that false facts are real but they are not. Soon obama will take over the medias so the true facts can get out. Even the money to buy the medias helps the usa be greater of the great. Every common man can rejoice when obama helps the media so the real facts get out. Not those flase facts. AS ever ed you get some things right but you are losing faith. Just as you have fought for the common man you must not stop. Obama will show you to trust in his hope and change. Known by many is the trickerys of health care opponents to even get that cheny man phil bredson to say bad things about obamas hope and change. Each day those trickerys are worse and worst. BY and large the majoirty of people are for obama as votes have been counted. Even jesse jackson knows that is right winged nuts that have race issues. Do not get the faith lost in obama ed.
art
ed,
Very scary that you are questioning obama. Only the right wnged nuts do that. That is what cheny does to you. Ever listen to rush ed, i worry that you did. Dont lose the faith ed. Please get back to your true fact ways at once today. Real facts can be seen around the world. Even china is still loving obama. See the russians still adore obama. Even those israelis and mid east people really like obama. Now is not good to lose sights on the trues facts. The usa vote or presidents showed the world that obama will keep his words.
art
Art, what the world thinks of us doesn’t create jobs. Democrats have only ever created Government Jobs, and everyone can’t work for the Government. You need to create a Business friendly environment so entrepreneurs can start new companies or expand existing ones to employ many of the currently unemployed workers. States like Colorado should tackle this immediately. I am still waiting? Instead they are trying to ram Card Check down our throat. The last thing this country needs in more unions!
I am sorry, Cheney had nothing to do with this! It is common sense, which is lacking in a big way in this country right now!
Regarding Ed Stein and “bounty” . . Sen. Mary Landrieu (D., La.) was given $100 million by Harry Reid to vote for this dog of a health care bill.
Sen. Bennet (D Colo.) was just on the floor speaking for the bill. Did he get any of the “bounty” from Harry Reid for supporting this dog of a health care bill? Suspect Sen. Bennet did it for nothing. I just sent Sen. Bennet an e-mail suggesting a NO Vote. But Ha.
Jobs don’t come from the president. Remember this.
There’s still a lot of CEO’s cutting employees as opposed to their own salary. It’s just life. It sucks and it’s unfair but it’s the truth.
scott,
Of course worlds thoughts get us jobs. Buying our goods because they like us get usa jobs. And the world is seeign the good obama. Mainly because cheny does nto have as much media. And bush is not tellign those fasle facts to the world. For many years chenya nd bush got the world mad. And nwo you see how the world likes us. In time you will see that ed is right and obama can spend more and more to make the usa even better. Like it or not we are getting better in the usa. Even that landreiu lady has more money to hire common folks for jobs. Down home folks will get a bit of that pile of millions.
art