So the election is over. We have a new president, same as the old
president. The House and Senate are aligned exactly as before.
But new stories are afoot. The head of the CIA is sleeping with a reporter embedded--yes, embedded--with him for over a year. The Right will somehow connect all this to Benghazi; the narrative seems to be that evidence exists that this information was uncovered in May and that the administration held it in reserve so they could compromise him if necessary. The press is shocked; Petraeus seemed so solid. Questions of the esteemed reporter's ethics have not been raised but she is a mom and seems so solid. Anyway, freedom of the press is precious to us.
Petraeus is distracting for the citizens and the press because we are facing difficult financial problems and in the recent vote rejected an experienced financial guy in favor of a community organizer whose economic plan is to raise taxes and to cut military spending.
We now face what the press calls the "fiscal cliff." If the government does not act, automatic legislation will be triggered which will raise taxes and cut military spending......wait a minute. Isn't that the President's plan? Isn't that his idea--to raise taxes and cut military spending? And if it's his plan, how could it be a cliff? And, if it's a crisis and he has to negotiate options with the Republicans, how serious will his negotiations be if the fiscal cliff is his plan?
No matter. Tell you what. I've already done the Electoral Death March; I am not going to do the Fiscal Cliff Death March. You will just have to let me know what happens. And, by the way, please spare me the ongoing, updated insights of the FOX News Conserva-preneurs with their predictions and their swell selling books. Unless they hire Petraeus' old girlfriend who looks pretty cute.
But new stories are afoot. The head of the CIA is sleeping with a reporter embedded--yes, embedded--with him for over a year. The Right will somehow connect all this to Benghazi; the narrative seems to be that evidence exists that this information was uncovered in May and that the administration held it in reserve so they could compromise him if necessary. The press is shocked; Petraeus seemed so solid. Questions of the esteemed reporter's ethics have not been raised but she is a mom and seems so solid. Anyway, freedom of the press is precious to us.
Petraeus is distracting for the citizens and the press because we are facing difficult financial problems and in the recent vote rejected an experienced financial guy in favor of a community organizer whose economic plan is to raise taxes and to cut military spending.
We now face what the press calls the "fiscal cliff." If the government does not act, automatic legislation will be triggered which will raise taxes and cut military spending......wait a minute. Isn't that the President's plan? Isn't that his idea--to raise taxes and cut military spending? And if it's his plan, how could it be a cliff? And, if it's a crisis and he has to negotiate options with the Republicans, how serious will his negotiations be if the fiscal cliff is his plan?
No matter. Tell you what. I've already done the Electoral Death March; I am not going to do the Fiscal Cliff Death March. You will just have to let me know what happens. And, by the way, please spare me the ongoing, updated insights of the FOX News Conserva-preneurs with their predictions and their swell selling books. Unless they hire Petraeus' old girlfriend who looks pretty cute.
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