“Joe” #56
True, but ultimately the problem is not “The Media.”
They are only enablers, and such blatant partisans that we now have a rough, “two-party” media (though the new wing doesn’t have credibility parity and the power to declare an “official” national story, yet). The problem is not a corrupt Fourth Estate but the out-of-control, professional political class that corrupted it.
Limbaugh covered the action on this bill as it was unfolding during his show on Friday. Did you notice how many Republicans voted for this outrage or were wavering? One congressman(a Blue Dog,”conservative,” Democrat) said he wanted to be sure Pelosi had enough votes to pass it but he himself wanted to vote against it to protect his re-election chances. We need a political New Deal to get rid of ALL the careerist Monopoly-Players in Washington,D.C.
The breathtaking disloyalty, pompous dramatics, and wholly self-centered behavior of Sanford and Ensign just illustrates what KIND of people are attracted to professional politics, lending further support to the argument that we need radical change in the established political system.
Regarding “Cap-and-Trade,” I, too, hope people “wake up” soon, but while John Q clearly is aroused (tea parties) he doesn’t see clearly the root of the problem yet. Currently, we have too many people–including most of the writers on this site–arguing for a Republican revival as the answer. Either they, too, don’t see the root of the problem, or as water bearers for the Republican “Brand” put a blind eye to the telescope. Either way, they are by default as much a part of the problem as the Mainstream Media.
It will be up to us, I’m afraid, to see for ourselves the forest among the partisan trees and initiate a drive for real reform.
