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‘The Change You Deserve’
Jesse Jackson 5/12/2008
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News travels fast in Washington, but understanding takes a lot longer. It isn’t news that Americans are unhappy with the way things are going. George Bush suffers record low approval. Eighty percent of the country thinks the economy is bad and getting worse. Most want to get out of the costly and endless mess in Iraq. Most are struggling with incomes that can’t keep up with soaring prices for gas, food, electricity, health care. One in nine homes is now underwater, worth less than its mortgage.

Every politician has learned that people want “change.” But understanding of what that means takes longer. Americans are looking at a country in serious trouble. We are looking for leaders — not politicians — who can bring us together to get things done. This isn’t rocket science, but it seems hard to absorb in Washington.

Consider Republicans in Congress. They lost big time in 2006. Twenty-nine incumbents took a look at the polls and decided it was a good time to retire. They have suffered stunning defeats in special elections in former Speaker Dennis Hastert’s district in Illinois and, amazingly, in a Louisiana district previously won by Republicans with overwhelming majorities. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warns that they are headed for a “real disaster” if they don’t change
what they are doing.

Again, pretty obvious stuff. But Rep. John Boehner, the Republican minority leader, clearly doesn’t get it. He has put out a slide show reassuring his troops that they can do well this fall. Most of it is about partisan mechanics — raise money, contribute to the party, coordinate efforts, help one another out. But when it gets to talking about the country and what Americans want, it is clueless.

Beohner sees the election as a marketing challenge. “Our brand is under repair,” he says, “but we can bring it back.”

How will they do this?

Boehner figures Republicans can win this fall by becoming the party of “change.” In a memo sent to every member of the Republican caucus, he wrote “To the American people, we say that Republicans will deliver the change you deserve.” He’s intent on rolling out a new agenda this week and next that will capture that mantle.

Huh? Republicans in Congress, backed by President Bush’s veto threats, have obstructed virtually every reform since Democrats took control in 2007. They have filibustered against providing health care to children, against ending the war in Iraq, against ending subsidies to big oil and investing in renewable energy, against negotiating lower prices on prescription drugs

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Two Cents from Clinton
By Nate Beeler - The Washington Examiner * Posted 1/31/2008 12:00:00 AM
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Posted By: Anthony Cirelli  on Monday, May 12, 2008

An excellent article pointing to Republican ineptitude and corruption, I will say the Democrats are really no better. Who has ALLOWED the President to ursurp the Constitution but the sell-outs on Capitol Hill?

Posted By: Graeme Phillips  on Tuesday, May 13, 2008

I think we are all a bit sick of Jesse Jackson.  He should just retire into obscurity rather than boring us with his thoughts on anti-Republicanism and race politics and listening with his stethoscope to any non-P.C. comment he can find so that he can gleefully call for that person's resignation.

Posted By: Jim Woody  on Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The democrats still don't get it. Thier so-called "leadership" is sold out to the same fascist interest that the republicrats have been bought by! Why do you think Cindy Sheehan is trying to unseat Nancy Pelosi Bush? Wake up and smell the fascism!

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