The job of the opposition party is to burnish its image of having principles that they don't possess

[Better Believe It]

Little Shop of Tea Party Horrors: Corporate Astroturf Campaign Turns Into Giant Man-Eating Venus Flytrap
By: Jane Hamsher
July 13, 2011

In the New World Order, the political system operates in cycles where a “new guy” is elected to undo the incompetence of the previous administration and clean up government. In reality, he works for the same corporate masters, and his primary virtue is to convincingly play the role of “the other guy” in the eyes of the public, who can be convinced that he represents “change.”

Once elected, the job of “new guy” is to convince the public that he’s doing something other than fulfilling the same corporate agenda of his predecessor, to put a new PR spin on the old policies. He keeps his job until public confidence erodes and a new pitchman must be put in place. Thus the illusion of democracy is maintained.

The job of the opposition party during the fallow period is to burnish its image of having principles that they don’t possess, to reinvent themselves and attack the “new guy” for doing the exact same stuff they did when they had the reigns.

Thus Bush passes Medicare Part D, and when the Democrats take control of the House, their first act is to pass Medicare prescription drug price negotiation — which Obama votes for as a Senator. The bill of course goes nowhere with Bush in the White House. When the Democrats control both houses of Congres and the White House, however, the hollowness and insincerity of this symbolic gesture is laid bare when they actually do pass a health care bill, and Medicare prescription drug price negotiation is nowhere to be found.

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http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2011/07/13/little-shop-of-horrors-corporate-astroturf-campaign-turns-into-giant-venus-flytrap-eats-master/