by

Jeffrey D. Klein

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January 20, 2010 –  Way back in July of 2008, while the nation was first beginning to think something might be wrong with the economy, and that the GOP was about to be done for a good, long time, I wrote, "If you think the Bushies are on their way out of power, you are not paying attention.  They may get a momentary time out, but make no mistake, they're not going anywhere far or for long."  (see:   The Bush Administration: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY)

I don't think anyone realizes the dangerous reality that played out yesterday in Massachusetts.

Since way back during the election, M/I was warning then-candidate Barack Obama, To Beat McCain- Palin, Obama and Biden Need to Start Using the ‘C’-Word.  From the article:

"...for some reason Barack Obama has declined to do what Ronald Reagan did in making “liberal” a bad word and go after ‘conservatism.’  And so at the Republican convention, as speaker after speaker stood up to claim that what’s happening in Washington is really ‘liberal,’ as Romney asserted, or when people saw a personality and a story that differed from that of George W. Bush, all they had to say was, “I like these two better,” and that freed McCain-Palin from the Bush burden.

Notice the name Romney in there.  Yes, the man from Mass. who helped make the victory last night possible.  And what that paragraph warns about was what played out last night:  Barack Obama has never made the case that it was the conservative policies of free trade, tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses, deregulation, etc., that caused the collapse we are facing.  Even worse, he claims everything is just fine, all that was needed was a little stimulus, give it some more time, meanwhile he's off to other things (i.e. healthcare).  The nation has never heard that truth, that conservatism is the nation's problem, but the lies like Romney told at the convention - essentially that Bush and co. were really "liberal" - are on-air 24/7.  And so all that is needed - as was shown last night - is a fresh face, and all is forgotten.

The Democrats took over every branch of government.  Barack was chosen over Hillary to ensure; to ensure, finally, that an actual Democrat - not a Republican-lite - would get into office and actually do things like reverse free trade, the Bush tax cuts, restore the Fairness Doctrine, fix media rules that have allowed the right-wing to set up propaganda shop nationwide; to bring about Paradigm Shift, as Obama promised, pointing out that it was Bush's bankrupting tax cuts that never brought jobs and instead just ended up being given as bonuses to CEO's by CEO's; it was free trade that sent our jobs and money to China, money that we were borrowing to give to Saudi Arabia for oil, as Obama pointed out frequently; it was outsourcing; it was a need to allow Americans to dip into their 401(K)s, to focus on Main Street, to make a space race-like push for alternative energy.  Most singularly, it was a promise to focus on the collapsing economy, not a ridiculous, bankrupting war in Iraq.

But the second he got in office, Obama became Bush.  (see:   BARACK BUSH:  As Bush Did With Iraq, So Does Obama With Healthcare)  Instead of doing any of the things he promised, he instead said, "Forget reversing the Bush tax cuts, forget paradigm shift, forget free trade - What if I just borrow a trillion dollars - yes, from those same Chinese - and do nothing else to address the economy?  Then, instead, like Bush focused on the pet project of the far right, the Iraq War, I will focus on the pet project of the man who helped get me elected, Ted Kennedy."

It cannot be overstated what a massive, massive message last night's victory was.  Not just a GOPer winning in Massachusetts, but taking the very seat of the man on behalf of whom the nation was having this health debacle shoved down our throats. 

Obama has not explained that tax cuts in fact do not create jobs, and so a Romney protégé pulled exactly the game Romney did at the Republican Convention last election.  Scott Brown actually ran for office saying he wanted to pass tax cuts.  Really.  Tax cuts.  The last thing in the world America needs is more tax cuts, which will just create a ton more debt, never yielding a job but instead just putting more money in the pockets of those great CEO's we are all so fond of.  That's what tax cuts do, on the absurd idea that those CEO's will for some reason choose to hire extra people rather than just hand themselves bonuses.  They never have; they never will; and yet, since Obama and friends have yet to voice it, America has yet to hear that reality.

And so a man was elected running on the disastrous platform that got us into this financial mess.  But really, it wasn't about the policies he promoted.

I have never - never - in my lifetime, heard such fury and feelings of betrayal by members of a political party as I do from Democrats at the moment.  Whether amazed that, "Guantanamo is still opened," or, more, more fervently, "He's really not going to do anything about the economy," the entire nation is just in a combination of shock and terror - as Obama and the Democrats are right now.  Quite frankly, as I wrote almost a year ago, Americans are Caught Between Barack And A Hard Place - Why I Am Considering Running For Office.  On the one side are the conservatives who have looted the nation, sent all of our jobs overseas, and stuck all of the money in the hands of a few rich CEO's, and on the other side are a bunch of clueless, spineless nothings who talk a good game, but in the end just opt for borrowing and spending trillion after trillion for things nobody wants and that don't address any of the real issues we as a nation face.  The nation knows one thing about the current Democratic Party - that it doesn't matter where they stand, you can bet they won't stand for what they stand for.

Good for Scott Brown and congratulations.  At the moment, Massachusetts really is a model for America, with the majority of folk firmly seated in the moderate independent aisle.  It's not about his policies but about his message:  if a little-known Republican can take out the safest of all seats on the planet, a long-held Kennedy seat in MA, that means the American people are truly done with party politics.  They are ready - indeed, desperate - for a real change.  Obama is not it.  No, Scott Brown isn't it either.

The nation is in collapse, and the Democrats are busy spending another trillion on health insurance, and the GOP simply wants to further the same policies with which they destroyed the nation. 

What happened last night should be inconsequential powerwise.  The GOP only had a one seat majority - at times, not even that, only Cheney's tie-breaking vote - and yet passed massive policy after massive policy.  Now, the Democrats still maintain an effective nineteen-vote majority.  Nineteen votes.  Versus the one vote or none the Republicans had .  And yet the GOP wielded more power with that one or none than the Dems likely will with nineteen, simply because they are lost, spineless, and truly without principle.

We, the normal people of America, understand the message of last night.  Stop f'ing around with health care.  Bring our damn jobs back home.  Focus on us putting food on our tables, actually do any of the things with regard to the economy that you promised.  Stop borrowing and spending money.

Unfortunately, expect the Dems to do the exact opposite, to take this as a call to stand even less strongly for what they stand for, to do none of the things the nation needs and that they promised and believe in.  Free trade won't be touched.  The Bush tax cuts will remain.  The media rules will not be fixed - and so 24 hours a day, the lies, the endless, hate-spewing lies will continue to echo uncorrected, and the Dems will take the blame for the collapse conservatism has caused.

God help us.  We need a champion who will deliver us from conservative-caused collapse.  To the rescue, come the collapse-causing conservatives.  Just as expected.

What the Democrats should do is finally, at last, stand for what they stand for, enunciate what they believe, reverse free trade, tax cuts, outsourcing, offshoring, deregulation...  We all know there is no chance they will.

The time is here for Moderate Independents to stand for their nation.  I have been accepted to three law schools so far, part of my plan in preparation for a entre into serving in public office.  Honestly, I don't know if there is time for law school.  The need is immediate.  The danger for the nation is great.  And the hole in the American conversation - and representation - is vast.

Sit back and let's watch the Democrats continue to refuse to be Democrats, the GOP dive further into Palin/Gingrich-land while ostracizing their moderates, like Colin Powell.  And let's see if indeed there is time for law school before a run, or if perhaps it is time to look into beginning to gather signatures...