Last week, I called on the White House to go on the offensive against Republicans who are desperate to paint their failures as his. Yet, here were are again with this stuff:
The president said he asked the Republican senators to help him on energy and climate change issues and on a comprehensive immigration plan that would toughen border enforcement, crack down further on employers of illegal immigrants and provide a path to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants long established here.
"You’ve got to meet me on solving the problem long-term. It’s not enough just to talk about the National Guard down at the border," Mr. Obama said he told the lawmakers. "You don’t even have to meet me halfway. I’ll bring most Democrats on these issues. I’m just looking for 8 or 10 of you."
(Sigh)
All right, let me try and make this as plain as I can:
There is an election afoot. Elections are about choices. Elections have consequences. The choice is not going to be between who was trying to help and who was not playing nice. There was never any "meeting halfway" and there definitely will not be any more this year. Therefore, no more "party of no" complaints. No more "they aren't helping" pabulum.
The Republican Party is insane. That entire party is a corrupt, crazy, nutcase, extremist fringe group. The Republican Party is not Dick Lugar. The Republican Party is Sarah Palin. Michelle Bachmann. Rick Perry. Steve King. Rand Paul. Sue Lowden. John Ensign. Mark Sanford. Glenn Beck. Rush Limbaugh. Sean "I love Tim McVeigh" Hannity. These people must never be allowed to get anywhere near the control panel of government again. NEVER.
There is an election afoot. They must be fought, and fought HARD.
Making light of the parties’ differences over just about every issue and of his nearly dashed hopes for a post-partisan era, the president said he told the Republicans, "The day has passed when I expected this to be a full partnership."
Good. There's nothing holding you back then.