What do I think? Yes!!

Audacity of Nope

Some demos said No also, notably De Fazio from Oregon. His objections had merit, but what is the option otherwise?

Re DeFazio’s vote: you rightly point out his objections had merit (explanations following). But don’t make a false equivalence out of it. When we know we’re settling for half a loaf, we still need someone reminding us what the full meal deal is.

DeFazio tells Steve Inskeep he opposed the $300 billion in tax cuts and wanted more spending on things such as education and infrastructure.

And here:

When the House passed the stimulus package two weeks ago, I cast a reluctant yes but only after an amendment to add $3 billion for transit was accepted. That was progress. But I said at the time the bill needed changes in the Senate and conference committee before I would support final passage.

I particularly opposed the $300 billion in tax cuts added at the outset to capture Republican support and votes that didn’t materialize.

And here:

As DeFazio told my colleague Charles Pope, the bill is simply too larded with tax cuts – as opposed to infrastructure spending – for him to accept the final version.

AudacityThe Idiocy of Nope

Fixed it fer ya ;-}

I think there’s a vast difference between an objection based on the merits therein and an objection based on an overall strategy to keep saying no, hope things fail and then score political points on the rubble if that happens. Which is what the GOP leadership has said — numerous times — they are doing. Including Boehner here.

One is constructive, the other is merely political kabuki, don’t you think? And it is the kabuki I despise. Gets us nowhere.

Audacity Mendacity of Nope

I think the spot is very much to the point. The trick now will be to make sure it’s seen.

Sorry to give the impression of equivalence in the way I wrote it. Agreed, they are not the same.

The other side, however, is alternative in this moment. Was there other bills available on which to make an informed selection?

In any case, even though DeFazio isn’t my rep (Blumenauer is mine-ugh! That goes back to his tenure on City Council) I have often wished he was. Had he run for Senate, I’d have worked for him.

As Barney Frank described them, The Reborn fiscal Conservatives, are once again trying to recreate reality. They are trying to scream Earmarks while over 4,000 of the 9,000 are replicanistas. Last week, on WJ a rethug was crying about an 11% increase for congress itself. What he didn’t say was that the reason for this was the rethug insistance that overall R staffing remain the same despite having lost 20% of their members. It just doesn’t stop.