ObamaNation: Janus in the White House

The Dims Two-Faced God of situational ethics, aka "It's okay if the Dims do it":"I think those 44 Democrats are sensitive to the immediate political climate of uncertainty around this issue," Mr. Obama said. "They've got to run every two years, and I completely understand that." Many of them represent districts that rely heavily on coal for power generation or that are home to industries vulnerable to international competition. Mr. Obama said the House bill contained transitional assistance for these regions. But he expressed scorn for the Republicans who fought the bill. He noted that some of them were predicting political doom for those who voted for it, recalling the 1993 battle over an energy tax that failed and helped Republicans gain control of the House a year later. Those Republicans, he said, "are 16 years behind the times," comparing their position to that of their party's leaders in the energy and health care debates of the early Clinton years. not content, he also dives deep into delusion: "I think it's fair to say that over the first six months we've seen more action on shifting ourselves away from dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels than at any time in several decades," Mr. Obama said. unless, of course, he's counting prolonging the recession with a bogus stimulus package. "Being ignorant is not so much a Shame, as being unwilling to learn." — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1755

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