Party of ‘No’ Waves Bromides, Calls It a Plan
Commentary by Margaret Carlson
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- If you repeat something often enough, it becomes conventional wisdom. Republicans insist they are not simply the Party of No. They are the Party of Plans, which they press with gusto upon anyone who will pay attention.
Walk slowly through the halls of the Capitol and you’ll have a Republican come up and whisper a bullet point in your ear, a little like the saleswoman who waylays you with a spritz of perfume at Bloomingdale’s. At presidential addresses, Republicans hold up sheets of paper with their plans. At House Republicans’ session with President Barack Obama last week at their retreat in Baltimore, every other question was about their unappreciated plans.
To their surprise, Obama recited some of their so-called plans back to them, such a disturbing turn of events that Fox News cut away to resume its regularly scheduled programming.
Obama observed that the plans fall well short of action items. You can’t just wish something into being, like the heading in their “No-Cost Jobs Plan” that reads, “Tear Down Self-Imposed Obstacles to Economic Growth.” In other words: clear-cut pesky regulations about mine safety and meat packing. We might die, but we’ll be more competitive.
(More here.)
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- If you repeat something often enough, it becomes conventional wisdom. Republicans insist they are not simply the Party of No. They are the Party of Plans, which they press with gusto upon anyone who will pay attention.
Walk slowly through the halls of the Capitol and you’ll have a Republican come up and whisper a bullet point in your ear, a little like the saleswoman who waylays you with a spritz of perfume at Bloomingdale’s. At presidential addresses, Republicans hold up sheets of paper with their plans. At House Republicans’ session with President Barack Obama last week at their retreat in Baltimore, every other question was about their unappreciated plans.
To their surprise, Obama recited some of their so-called plans back to them, such a disturbing turn of events that Fox News cut away to resume its regularly scheduled programming.
Obama observed that the plans fall well short of action items. You can’t just wish something into being, like the heading in their “No-Cost Jobs Plan” that reads, “Tear Down Self-Imposed Obstacles to Economic Growth.” In other words: clear-cut pesky regulations about mine safety and meat packing. We might die, but we’ll be more competitive.
(More here.)
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