1 Boring Old Man

That article in the New York Times this morning [Democrats Outrun by a 2-Year G.O.P. Comeback Plan] was worse for me than the election itself. Obviously, with all my Klan illusions in that last post, I found it beyond infuriating. Essentially, what it said is that everything that’s happened in the last two years to the present has been part of a carefully orchestrated campaign to get the Republicans back into power – block voting "No," Boehner’s "Oh My God!", demonizing anyone who didn’t play ball [eg Arlen Specter], Joe Wilson’s "you lie!", Talk TV, Talk Radio, birthers, moslem-ers, socialist-ers, fascist-ers, communist-ers, etc. The whole point has been about winning back Congress [“Our mission statement was to retire Nancy Pelosi. That was the whole mission statement.” – Pete Sessions (R-TX)]. Coming up now, the same deal with a slightly different focus [ “The single most important thing we want to achieve, is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” – Mitch McConnell (R-KY)]. There’s actually a name for this sort of thing:

Of all the times to totally focus on political goals and oppose every attempt to make some kind of progress for the people they serve, the Great Recession was sure a bad choice unless the only goal of government is political power. They would say that their oppositionalism was because Obama’s policies were bad – but no one in their right mind would believe them. That’s simply plausible deniability.

Sadly, it worked [again]…