"The images from the last month -- Washington essentially powerless, BP flailing away -- has been deeply disheartening." [ NYT ]
Yes, but at least the FOX GOP Tea Party has finally found a role for government it can endorse: janitor. From GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal: "We need our federal government exactly for this kind of crisis." For the GOP, the role of government (and taxpayer money) is to clean up after the filthy rich and corporations that pollute their way to profit.
Meanwhile, in Currently in Vogue: Ringing the Deficit Alarm, Democratic Rep. Neal says of Republicans complaining about the deficit: "The people who set the fire are now the ones calling the fire department." It warms my heart to hear a Democrat speak truth like that. But it saddens me to agree with Frank Rich that Obama is still sadly lacking when it comes to getting his modest program across.
I know it's tough to compete with the lynch mob excitement the GOP sells, but if I was Obama and they tried to turn me into a janitor I'd either curse them out sideways to Sunday or do what former Gov. "Drill Baby Drill" Palin did: Quit!
