Will the thin blue line in Congress hold?
Moderate Democrats in Congress represent our best—and perhaps our only—hope of keeping the ocean liner (Obama’s metaphor, not mine) of our economy from hitting the devastating iceberg of the proposed Obama budget and becoming the Titanic.
I’ve decided to call this group “the thin blue line*” [see below]. The term is appropriate because the Republicans, even if they hold firm against the excesses of the budget, are essentially powerless to stop it without the alliance of a substantial number of Democrats. So those Democrats (blue, of course!) are the key.
I’ve had difficulty finding a list of names of the Democrats said to oppose some of the worst provisions of the Obama budget (see this and this for a few). But many of them probably come from the ranks of the Blue Dog Coalition in the House. Others, of course, would be Senators from more moderate states, such as Conrad of North Dakota and Bachus of Montana (both states went fairly decisively for McCain in 2008, which gives you an idea of where these men’s constituents stand).
Are there enough moderates to hold the line against the efforts of Pelosi to whip them into shape? Who knows what threats are going on behind closed doors?
*Based on the phrase “the thin red line,”
which refers to “a thinly spread military unit holding firm against attack. The phrase later took on the metaphorical meaning of the barrier which the relatively limited armed forces of a country present to potential attackers.” In the present case, the attackers are our President and the more radical Democrats in Congress. The phrase “thin red line” morphed into “thin blue line,” which refers to the police, “suggesting that a thin line of police officers is all that prevents civilized society from descending into chaos.”
I email my congressman on a regular basis since the inauguration. Being a New Englander also, that means my rep is also a Democrat, but he also is fairly moderate, so I hope that if he gets enough feedback from his constituents, maybe he’ll hold that thin blue line.
Both of New Hampshire’s reps (Paul Hodes and Carol Shea Porter) are behind Pelosi and the president. Both are unimpressive party hacks – that’s all they are. I am ashamed of their representation. Both are liberal-Left.
The president’s budget will go through, I am sure of it. There will be some modifications, but he and Pelosi will get most of what they want, which is very, very bad for America.
The picture looks just like a substitute teacher we had in fifth grade sending me to the principal’s office. Just as chilling now as it was then. Must have caught her on the cusp of a new botox go-round. Wow! Gonna have to REALLY check for monsters under the bed tonight if I want to get any sleep!
Since Pelosi is from San Francisco (I won’t repeat some of the different names we guys have for San F_ _) I think a lot of Americans resent that place having such power over the rest of America. Most of America is not at all like San Francisco. Thank God.
I wonder if the residents of the Bay Area know how much contempt the rest of the country feels for them?
Caption: This is not the budget you’re looking for. Move along.
The answer is in the Senate. Kent Conrad, Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has declared the budget DOA. The Bayh caucus, 14 Democrats and Lieberman, have made strong hints that they understand the overreaching and won’t support it. I am quite optimistic that the Obama domestic agenda will be stopped dead in its tracks. It’s the foreign policy that scares the beejesus out of me.
Pelosi is crazy. Every photo I have seen of her says cucko coo! cuck-coo!
br549: Sorry, but you have misinterpreted the sound of the California Nancy bird. Drop the capital “C” from each “Cuck,” drop the small (o) from the first “Cuck, and then replace them with capital “F’s.” Then put a small “y” in front of each “oo.” This will more accurately reflect the song this particular bird is singing to you and all other Americans.
I email as many blue line types as I have relatives living in their states so I have valid addresses and zip codes (in case there’s a filter to kick out non in state residents). I have the time and I know my relatives don’t mind. I hope and pray these senators and congressmen fully understand the damage they will be doing if they sign on to such unsustainable budget spending.
Would you want communism to fail?
Jay Leno Blasts Obama
Even Jay Leno is comparing Obama’s policies to communism. I want that to fail. Watch Leno blast Mr. O’s policies:
http://tinyurl.com/c4vkpq