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When Bipartisanship is Evil

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 7:41am.

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BUZZFLASH'S LAST CHANCE DEMOCRACY CAFE

By Steven C. Day

As Steven Pearlstein recently demonstrated in the Washington Post, Republicans have been spreading blatant lies in their opposition to health care reform.

And as Paul Krugman noted in response in his blog at The New York Times, this is hardly a surprising development, given that lying about important public policy issues has been the GOP’s consistent modus operandi for well over a decade.

So let’s stop to consider this for a moment: our nation faces huge challenges — challenges we stand little chance of successfully addressing without an open and honest public dialogue toward that end. Yet, one of the nation’s two “great” political parties has adopted, as its primary operating strategy, a policy of consistently thwarting all attempts at achieving such a dialogue.

Is it just me, or is it hard not to call that evil?

And if that’s true, wouldn’t rewarding such practices, by meeting their sponsors halfway in the name of bipartisanship, constitute not only bad policy, but also something akin to sin?

It sure seems that way to me.

BUZZFLASH'S LAST CHANCE DEMOCRACY CAFE




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President Obama have taken

Submitted by aslam on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 1:20pm.

President Obama have taken some serious stpes about health policy and it will solve all the disputes soon.Send gifts to Pakistan
Send flowers to Pakistan

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Just Say "NO"

Submitted by mivince79 on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 9:28am.
When the Confederates proposed a "peace conference" with Lincoln to end the War (no doubt on their terms--terms that would have preserved slavery and the wealth of the Southern Slavocracy), Mr. Lincoln said NO. Our President needs to emulate Mr. Lincoln in resolve if we are ever to free ourselves from the rule of the greedy. As for bipartisanship, southern slavocracy style, let me quote the Old Professor, Casey Stengel making a pertinent point about baseball strategy. Said old Casey: "You're full of shit and I'll tell you why." Enough said. To hell with the Neo Confederates.
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Re: When Bipartisanship is Evil

Submitted by Abagail on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 4:10am.
Recession is dealing no good to us. The United States government is still waging a war of aggression in Iraq because of willful American ignorance. Most Americans need little encouragement to occupy other nations, kill people and steal resources. They knew that Saddam Hussein had no connection to the terror attacks that took place on September 11, 2001. Yet they were quite pleased to be dumb and politicians heaved a collective sigh of relief when they got the go ahead from a happily clueless public. George Sodini is a name that will live in infamy. It has been confirmed that the gunman in the recent shooting at a fitness center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was one George Sodini, who strolled into LA Fitness on Tuesday, August 4th, headed to a workout room and opened fire. He fired over 52 shots, killing 3, wounding 9, and then committed suicide. He lived in nearby Carnegie, PA, and was described as a loner. When people lack human connection, they lash out at the environment which has rejected them as a means of reconnection. No one saw the heinous act of George Sodini coming, and anyone would have put a cash advances at least to stopping it if they did.
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If the tide was turned

Submitted by Dteacher1 on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 10:14pm.
You just have to ask yourself, "If it was the other way around and republicans were pushing would they seek for bipartisanship?" Of course the answer is a definite "NO". So why are we trying? How long does it take someone who is banging his head against a wall to figure out 1) that the wall won't move, 2)it is not helping solve the problem and 3)that in the long run it will cause real and lasting damage.
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Obama not the brightest

Submitted by godblessfdr on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 8:32am.
For all his supposed intelligence,Barack Obama is not the brightest person in the world.If anyone knows anything about the history of the republican party,it is that this party operates on underhanded do and say anything principals to achieve what they want.How can you cooperate with a party whose goal is to destroy America and create a one party system.To a republican,compromise means give us what we want because we will accept nothing else.This is the way dictatorships run.Barrack Obama is either very naive,slow or a Republican mole.And for those ready to cry racist your wrong.i voted for Obama with reservations because i kept hearing he was a moderate (conservative) disquising himself as a liberal.how can you keep trying to make nice with a party that keeps beating you over the head
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I would say Naive.

Submitted by kichigai_usagi on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 2:02pm.
President Obama is a smart man, but like all smart people, he can overlook what is obvious to us ordinary workers. He was the best choice from our limited pool of options. I think in the long run he will be a good president despite all his DLC leaning mentality. Screw more health insurance, give ME single payer universal health care. Since i HAVE CANCER, i cannot leave my current job and move to another because i KNOW that i will NEVER be able to get health insurance again due to my condition.
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bipaisnship is a joke---

Submitted by Cole... on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 11:43am.
--A bad joke! We haven't had it, for years. That's why the demo powers backed Lieberman over Lamont. They needed Lieberman to detract, they could do nothing because of Joe! Joe would allow for the filabuster. Now with a majority they can do nothing because of unruly lie screaming Repugs. bush never, not once, appointed a democrate to anything and Obomba does and craves bipatisanship, why? Because the so called demo needs them all, to tilt the table and spill everything toward the right. The reubs have an agenda, the so called demo has "hope", even the Health Plan is spilling toward the right and looking like another big win for Pharma/insurance companies. What the heck was "hope" anyway?
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