Krugman is getting close to the edge

[bvar22]

93. Sure he can count to 60.

I can too.
I just wish this current administration had given America the chance to count to 60.
If they had actually FOUGHT,
and brought these issues to The Floor for a vote
instead of surrendering before The Fight,
the results could have been different.

There is a WORLD of difference between saying you are NOT going to vote for something,
and actually DOING IT before America and The World.
Other President have KNOWN this,
and FOUGHT for what they wanted
instead of pre-emptive surrender before the FIGHT.

NOW, We will NEVER know WHAT would have happened IF the Democratic Leadership had actually FOUGHT the Battle.
The worst thing that would have happened is that they would have lost,
and we would be in exactly the same place as we are now,
but with a little pride of having Fought the GOOD FIGHT
instead of just running from the big bad bully, Joe Lieberman.

"It was ALL that bully Joe Lieberman's fault.
He ruined it for EVERYBODY!
It was HORRIBLE.
There was nothing we could dooooo.
He is a SUPERMAN!"

I am glad I am old enough to remember HOW Democratic Presidents got things done in the past.
Can you IMAGINE what would have happened to wimpy little Joe Lieberman if he had stood up and told LBJ he wans't going to vote for Medicare?

We would STILL be finding little pieces of Joe Lieberman's ass spread all the way from Connecticut to Texas!

Read Up on "The Johnson Treatment".
http://thejohnsonpost.blogspot.com/2009/08/johnson-treatment.html

"Johnson was the catalyst, the cajoler in chief. History records him as the nation's greatest legislative politician. In a great piece on the Daily Beast website, LBJ aide Tom Johnson, writes about how his old boss would have gotten a health care reform bill through the current congress. It's worth reading to understand the full impact of the "Johnson treatment" and how effective LBJ could be in winning votes for his legislation."

http://thejohnsonpost.blogspot.com/2009/08/johnson-treatment.html

"Strong and successful presidents (meaning those who get what they want - whether that happens to be good for the country or not) do not accept "the best deal on the table". They take out their carpentry tools and the build the goddam piece of furniture themselves. Strong and successful presidents do not get dictated to by the political environment. They reshape the environment into one that is conducive to their political aspirations."

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/17

[font color=firebrick size=3][center]"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
--- Paul Wellstone[/font][/center]
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[font size=1]photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]

[font size=5 color=firebrick]Solidarity![/font]