By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown
Obama is continuing the full court press
In sports they call it a misdirect;magicians and illusionists will slip a card into the deck while they distract you elsewhere. What President Obama is doing with the 647-page,$825 billion so-called “stimulus package” legislation is closest to the tried-and-true tactics of a team of pick-pockets. One grabs your attention by yelling about some emergency problem,while the other slips his hand in for your wallet. Before knowing it,you have been robbed blind.
Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in November described their tactic this way:“Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.” And have they ever!
While President Obama is at the White House spreading fear with dire predictions of an impending economic collapse,fellow Democrats in Congress are having a heyday slipping their favorite,pet projects into the massive pork bill. It’s no wonder the “package” is 647 pages long when you look at what’s included. The Wall Street Journal did an in-depth study of the legislation and concluded,“this bill was written based on the wish list of every living — or dead — Democratic interest group.” Not only that,the vast majority of the bill will do nothing to help the economy.