Fiscal Cliff Outrage
I recently stumbled across a video of Charles Krauthammer spitting out ill-thought rhetoric against Obama's offer on a solution to the fiscal cliff. He argues that Republicans should walk away. What is his argument for this? Well he backs it by saying that the offer given to Republicans is worse than the terms of surrender given to Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. This is like saying, my walk to the Anderson Center was easier than a marathon.
Robert E. Lee was possible given the most generous terms of surrender in history, next to those given by Major Anderson during the surrender of Fort Sumter. Comparing this to modern politics, and further citing it as an "insulting deal" is absolutely outrageous.
What Krauthammer fails to recognize is that politics are not easy. I guarantee that the offer was not ideal for Republicans, and likely there will have to be discourse between the two parties. However, saying that half of our central government should "walk away" from discussion is the truly insulting part here. His words should feel like a hot iron in the chest of all Americans. As the people who elect these officials, we should expect more from our representatives than to simply walk away. Krauthammer's war-mongering is childish, insulting, and sadistic.
There's my rant, what do you all think?
posted by Anonymous @ 2:33 PM
2 Comments:
I think it is ridiculous that our representatives would just walk away without trying to solve a difficult situation. Isn't that their job? Isn't that why we elected them? It is definitely childish, and I hope he rethinks that statement.
And how is this different than what has been happening the last 2-3 years. This group almost shut down the government over something as asinine as the debt ceiling. When they don't take a 10-1 deal it is quite clear they aren't interested in doing whats good for the country. They only care about instilling their far right values on all of us. Compromise is a dirty word to this branch of republicans and without compromise the system is broken. It's disgusting.
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