As the Beach Boys once sang, today is the day for heroes and villains.
The heroes are those brave and honorable 133 House Republicans who stood on principle, up to enormous pressure and scathing criticism and voted against the monstrous attempt by government to socialize yet another portion of America.
Public enemy number one is Henry Paulson and his astonishing attempt to rewrite the Constitution by taking the revenue powers of the House and reassigning them to Treasury. Paulson is a creature of Wall Street, having made millions. Strike One. He learned his politics from Richard Nixon. Strike Two. He went to an Ivy League school. Strike Three.
Other villains include the ethically-challenged Barney Frank and the Mensa-challenged Nancy Pelosi. But they are collectivists and we really can’t blame them. We can be disappointed however, with some Republicans who faltered in the face of pressure from the elites.
Disappointments are John Boehner and Eric Cantor who conservatives had hoped would lead this charge.
President Bush? He’s simply not a factor, having been given bad advice for years and having been pummeled---often unfairly---by ultra-partisans of the left. He looks tired, haggard, like a man who is biding his time until he can go back to Crawford.
John McCain has misplayed this issue but he still has time to recover, if he ignores the bleating of K Street and Wall Street and refuses to be a part of this sham. Obama’s plan is obvious. He will steer clear of the bill, vote for it if it looks like it will pass, but then rail against it and drop rocks on it from an overpass like any other juvenile delinquent.
Several of the heroes and heroines who come to mind including my old friends, Duncan Hunter, Connie Mack and Scott Garrett. Other included Marsha Blackburn, Marilyn Musgrave and Michelle Bachmann, whose true beauty lies in their integrity and intellect.
Other heroes are the stalwarts of talk radio---Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin and Sean Hannity, who as conduits from the people to Washington, performed a vital service for the American citizenry and conservatives in Congress.
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