Republicans Ignored

[Joanne98]

Markos Moulitsas
The Hill

Twittering the ongoing negotiations over the stimulus bill last Saturday, Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill bragged, “Proud we cut over 100 billion out of recov bill. Many Ds don’t like it, but needed to be done. The silly stuff Rs keep talking about is OUT.”

Yes, silly stuff. Stuff like money for new school construction and law enforcement, money to help states avoid massive layoffs and service cuts. Apparently, “centrism” means opposition to saving jobs and improving educational opportunities in our country, while Republicanism means obstructing. And their rewards? The “centrists” are “courageous,” while Republicans get feted for their “glimmers of rebirth” on The Washington Post front page.

Meanwhile, the cable networks schedule Republican lawmakers 2-to-1 over their Democratic counterparts — a real challenge when you consider that there aren’t very many Republican lawmakers left in Congress. Take note that many of those Democrats are actually opponents of the stimulus, and it’s soon clear that pro-stimulus voices have been curiously rare in national media.

Yet through it all, an increasingly sophisticated American public is getting better at bypassing the media noise and making up their own minds. Just as they eventually decided to ignore the media proclamations that “George W. Bush is a great leader,” or that “Hillary Clinton is inevitable,” they’re now tuning out much of the Beltway-driven anti-stimulus media onslaught. As Barack Obama adviser David Axelrod told the press on Monday, “Here’s the point, folks: We’ve got a good plan to deal with a deep crisis. The American people support it and we’re urging everyone in Congress to catch up with the people on this one.”...(Click for remainder).

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[ejpoeta]

1. well, when you can SEE the effects of the economic downturn

everywhere.... from knowing people who have been laid off to seeing folks in your own place of work losing their jobs or having hours cut or something.... you know that what is going on is bad. and you want SOMETHING done. you may not know what that something is, but you sure as hell want someone to do something. the republicans aren't offering any something. just complaining about the something that someone else is offering. And when you have bills to pay and see that your job could be gone tomorrow, you'd rather have something than nothing. I don't need some talking head to tell me how to feel about the economy. I don't need anyone to tell me that things are bad. I don't need anyone to tell me things are getting worse. It's like the republicans and the msm cohorts on tv and radio are telling people not to believe their lying eyes.