BUSHZOMBIE

Make no mistake about it, the Republicans want to pin this economic disaster on the Democrats.

Are the Democrats to blame? Hardly. This situation has been caused by people like John McCain, Phil Graham, the Regan conservatives, and the lemmings that roped America and drug it over the cliff with …

- Insane trade policies
- Trickle down economics
- No support for labor
- No support for U.S. manufacturing
- Exporting technology to competing countries
- Tax cuts for the wealthy by covering operating expense with debt
- No regulation for financial institutions
- Starting wars of choice

Leaving us with a country that makes failing financial instruments and little else.

Yes, the Republicans are responsible for this. This is not a bi-partisan disaster. This is their fault. Clinton left a budget surplus, an economy that was going into a downturn, but a cyclical one. Clinton is not innocent. He did sign many Republican bills. But let’s face it, this is a Republican meltdown.

Six years of Republican iron clad control, shutting Democrats out of every meeting, removing transparency, squelching any kind of reasonable counter dialogue. The Republicans would not even let the Democrats have a hearing room to meet on media consolidation. They had to have a forum in the basement of the Whitehouse. The Republicans did not let the Democrats up for air for 6 years. And for the last 18 months the Republicans have  filibustered and obstructed any reform legislation. (92 filibusters as of today), more than any congress in American history.

The Republicans have had their way - first by strong-arming, now by obstructing.

And now, in comes this $700 billion bailout plan.

Here is the truth: This entire charade is a ploy by the Republicans who are now playing “Pin the tail on the Donkey”.

Want proof? 

Exhibit 1:  No oversight clause, a section in the bill blatantly describing the following:

Section 8 states the following:

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

Would anyone with an I.Q. higher than the temperature of ice water think this would be passed? This is utterly laughable.

Q. Why would they think this has a chance of passing?
A. The Republicans wanted this bill untenable.

Exhibit 2: Written months ago — all three pages.

This document was created months ago. This was kept under wraps until the inevitable bank melt down happened.

Fratto insisted that the plan was not slapped together and had been drawn up as a contingency over previous months and weeks by administration officials. He acknowledged lawmakers were getting only days to peruse it, but he said this should be enough. 

Q. Why would they wait to drag this nutty bill out now when they admitted it was drafted months ago?
A.  They wanted to put the Democrats on the spot, where a good decision is impossible. They wanted America to be harmed, so they could make the Democrats look bad.

Q. Why did they admit this was written months ago?
A. It is hard to keep up lies when all you do it lie.

Exhibit 3: Insisting the bill must be acted upon immediately.

Let’s face it, this behavior is meant to make the Democrats over-react, which they have. Wait to release the document until it’s too late. Insist on action immediately.

Q. So what IS this proposal, blatantly flawed, written and held for months and now the only thing that can prevent imminent disaster for the United States?
A. This is BAIT for the Democrats.

And of course the Democrats have picked up the stink bomb and are trying to work with it, while the Republicans stand opposed to George W. Bush.

These Republicans can now say the Democrats are in favor of a bailout, even though they have been opposed to the Bush plan. It won’t matter. The media will leave out those finer details.

One thing is certain, nothing good can happen!

• If the Democrats even THINK of supporting a piece of legislation with the word ‘Bailout’, they will look like they are supporting George Bush.
• If the Democrats DON’T support some kind of economic help, another Great Depression is imminent. The Democrats will be blamed for letting it happen.

We can only hope Americans will see this for what it is, another Republican trap, and they will vote every Republican in the country out of office.