Sunday, February 08, 2009
The Fierce Urgency of Pork - by Charles Krauthammer
It appears that our new president has been "rolled" by his Democrat party.
A more descriptive word from the past would be "suckered"...
A more descriptive word from the past would be "suckered"...
In the Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer writes about President Obama and the "pork" bill. Here is his summary:
"After Obama's miraculous 2008 presidential campaign, it was clear that at some point the magical mystery tour would have to end. The nation would rub its eyes and begin to emerge from its reverie. The hallucinatory Obama would give way to the mere mortal. The great ethical transformations promised would be seen as a fairy tale that all presidents tell -- and that this president told better than anyone.
I thought the awakening would take six months. It took two and a half weeks."
