We are drawn to those who dream the impossible dream. One of my favorite personal memories was from the 2004 Boston Red Sox. The Yankees were up 3 games to 0 and has a 4 to 3 lead going into the ninth inning of game 4. Mariano Rivera, who just embarrassed the Boston Red Sox hitters, was on the mound. Most of the Red Sox fans were in despair, waiting for the final stake in the heart. But then the TV camera picked up one guy in the right field bleachers holding up a sign that said: “I still believe.” My wife and I laughed and said that he was probably the only one left who believed.
But, he was right. The Red Sox came back to win that game and to win the next 7 games in a row ultimately winning the 2004 World Series.
But sometimes, dreaming the possible dream is nothing more than abject stupidity. There was one guy who sold his home, took all the money and bought lottery tickets. He dreamed the impossible dream and experienced the all quite predictable loss as a result. Democrats in the United Congress have morphed from dreaming the impossible dream to chasing rainbows. The House under the brilliant leadership of Nancy Pelosi is trying to renegotiate the tax cut deal already approved by both President Obama and the Senate. There is zero chance of getting this passed, so all they can hope to accomplish is to put an enormous, but temporary tax increase on everyone effective January 1, only to have it quickly reversed when Republicans take over control of the House. They also try tried to jam through one last ditch major spending bill apparently with the assumption that neither Republicans, nor the American people, would notice. They have been so busy with nonsense that they still haven’t passed a continuing resolution bill to at least keep the government from shutting down. Now, after accomplishing absolutely nothing, they are going to make one last ditch effort to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.” This level of stupidity is not inherited, it is earned. Harry Reid is equally delusional, trying to shove through a huge spending bill with earmarks even the House rejected. This was after he wasted everyone’s time trying to pass the dream act. Now he is threatening to keep congress in session until January 4th, in a last ditch effort to do more damage before power shifts to the Republicans. At least Harry does realize that after January 4th, 2010, the “Party” is over.
The approval rating for this congress is now down to 13%. When you think about it, that is a major accomplishment. There are about 40% of the people who automatically vote for any Democratic unless the candidate is so loathsome that even they can’t stand the stench. To get down to 13% you have to be so obviously bad that even life-long Democrats are fed up. Such accomplishments are rare, because it requires a rare combination of incredibly bad leaders supported by really stupid followers. Several people have pointed out that the country can survive a leader as bad as Barack Obama, but questioned whether it can survive being stupid enough to have elected him. But the fact is that most people who voted for Barack Obama voted for a totally false image of him presented by the main stream media. I have met many “former” supporters who are shocked to learn the truth about Barack Obama’s background. They were guiltier of not paying attention and swallowing the main stream media myths than they were of voting for an obviously unqualified candidate. But the Democrats in the House and the Senate knew or should have known that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid were leading them over the cliff in a mad dash to suicide. If they didn’t know it before the election, they certainly know it now. Perhaps the Democratic Party can survive being stupid enough to elect Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and Barack Obama as their leaders, but can they survive being stupid enough to continue following them into the political abyss?
TDM