Seriously Dems, Give It a Rest

Original Publishing Date: March 16, 2010 on MySpace


.So I've becoming very disenchanted with the Democrats as of late, and I have to say ... if they lose their majority by a landslide rather than a small margin in November it is their own fault.

It was pretty clear to everyone by the mid-term election of November 2006, when Democrats took back majority of Congress, Americans were pretty fed up with Republicans.  Mostly they were fed up with George W. Bush/Dick Cheney and the Republicans' blind loyalty to a president who was serving his own interests rather than ours.

I knew in 2008 when the primaries began that no matter who claimed the Democratic ticket - Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton - that we would have a Democrat for our next president. 

Now, before I begin complaining about a bunch of stuff that will probably bore you, I'm going to say this.  Government does not function well when one party controls the whole thing.  Bill Clinton, who balanced our budget and left his successor with a fiscal surplus, functioned better as a president when Republicans were in control of at least one house of Congress, it balanced things out.  The first six years of George W. Bush's first years were awful because the Republicans controlled everything.  The first 14 months of Barack Obama's presidency has been unsuccessful, I believe, because Democrats control the White House and both houses of Congress.

My point is there has to be a balance.  The system of checks and balances, which is flawed at best, is completely useless when one party controls everything.

Now on to you Democrats.  Yes, I realize I am bitching at my own political party.  However, it pains me to see half my party banging their heads into the proverbial brick wall and the other half standing around with their heads up their complacent asses.

Let me break it down for you, and this goes for you too, Mr. President.  Now is not the time for Health Care Reform.  2009 proved that to you.  2009 kicked your politically unaware asses.  I'm not saying Health Care Reform isn't necessary.  It's very necessary.  It should not be your first priority.  Make it a priority for 2011 or 2012 and make the Economy the #1 focus of 2010, like it should have been in 2009.

We all understand that the economic mess is not Obama's fault; it was handed to him and I hope someone is giving the poor man a shot of tequila every time someone even brings up the dreaded "E" word.  What we are sick of is the blame game.  We understand Bush/Cheney fucked us so hard with the splintered broom handle that anyone going in there had his/her work cut out for them.  When you mess up, Mr. President/Democrats in Congress, we are sick of hearing "well we're just trying to clean up the mess Bush left us." 

Trust me, we get it.  But when you sit and play the blame game, you're no better than the Repubs you accuse (and rightly so in many cases, but not all) of being a Party of Obstructionists.  If you make a mistake, we're okay with it, we really are.  We realize none of you are perfect.  What we want (from both parties) is for you to own up to your mistakes and say "hey, we messed up.  We're sorry, we see our mistake and we're going to fix it."  That's what we want.

Dems, if you would own up to your mistakes, realize that now is not the time for Health Care Reform, and focus on job creation we wouldn't be losing our faith in the party.  I read a very interesting article a couple of weeks ago where President Obama wanted tax credits for homeowners who upgrade their doors, windows, CA/heating systems - in essence, make their homes 'greener.'  I also agree with him that creation of green energy will be a big focus on job creation. 

Why aren't we hearing more on that?  Those of us who are unemployed or have gone a long time searching for a good job want to know that we're not going to be homeless or in financial ruin because our government can't create jobs.  Stop spending money on Health Care Reform.  Wait on it.  The proposals clearly indicate the reforms wouldn't go into effect until 2014 anyway ... what good does that do us now?

Sarah Palin ... poor, delusioned, attention-seeking ... Sarah Palin did say one thing intelligent this year on a political stage that actually made sense.  America is ready for another revolution.  Well, a political one anyway.