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Showing Original Post only (View all)Take a moment to thank Alberto Gonzales. [View all]
As we all know, our President has had some difficulties getting along with Congressional Republicans.
And while Republicans have a right to be furious with Obama - after all, he hasn't agreed with everything they want - they should damned well be giving him more credit for for all of the Republican things he has done, the Unitary Presidency, the expanded warrantless surveillance, cracking down on those free press nuts, taking on the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid special interests, expanding "free" trade etc. (And, c'mon, you can't really blame Obama for that difficult woman Massachusetts elected to the Senate, God save us!)
And while all of that has helped the wealthiest Americans to become far wealthier despite the rest of America circling ever-deeper down the toilet drain, it hasn't been enough to bring our Republican friends to the Grand Bargaining table.
Until now.
Appointing James Comey to run the FBI was a @#$%ing stroke of brilliance! Genius!
Look, I know the President was disappointed when Alberto Gonzales turned the job down - he's busy doing that thing with the puppies, magnifying glasses, and giant sun lamps. But thank goodness Gonzo turned it down, because in Comey we have something EVEN BETTER: a Bush appointee AND a hedge fund guy. How could ANYONE dispute his readiness to fight mightily for the 1%, in both the judicial AND financial arenas?
No gaps in this guy's resume. He's the real deal, in every way!
I know I've been wrong in the past about winning Republicans over, and I'm willing to take my lumps for that - our Republican friends have been hurt more by Democratic intransigence even more than I thought. But, make no mistake, this time Obama's got the job done.
Grand Bargain Express getting ready to leave on Track 1! Track 1 percent, that is!
Huzzah!
Regards,
Third-Way Manny