Posted on 01/25/2010 3:27:11 PM PST by jazusamo
Some of the most melancholy letters and e-mails that are sent to me are from people who lament that there is nothing they can do about the bad policies that they see ruining this country. They don't have any media outlet for their opinions and the letters they send to their Congressmen are either ignored or are answered by form letters with weasel words. They feel powerless.
Sometimes I remind them that the whole political establishment — both Democrats and Republicans, as well as the mainstream media — were behind amnesty for illegal immigrants, until the public opinion polls showed that the voters were not buying it. If politicians can't do anything else right, they can count votes.
It was the same story with the government's health care takeover legislation. The Democrats have such huge majorities in both houses of Congress that they could literally lock the Republicans out of the room where they were deciding what to do, set arbitrary deadlines for votes, and cut off debate in the Senate. The mainstream media was on board with this bill too. To hear the talking heads on TV, you would think it was a done deal.
Then Scott Brown got elected to the "Kennedy seat" in the Senate, showing that that seat was not the inheritance of any dynasty to pass on. Moreover, it showed that the voters were already fed up with the Obama administration, even in liberal Massachusetts, as well as in Virginia and New Jersey. The backtracking on health care began immediately. Politicians can count votes. Once again, the public was not helpless.
One seat did not deprive the Democrats of big majorities in Congress. But one seat was the difference between being able to shut off debate in the Senate and having to allow debate...
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This is who should be the Republican Nominee in 2010.
‘President’ Sowell.
I agree!
With Walter William as the Sec Treasury !
He’d get my vote
I lived in the belly of the beast (Newton, MA) for 22 years. The number of people that don't vote, because "there's nothing you can do that will make a difference" is enormous.
Scott Brown's election shows that you CAN make a difference.
With Prof. Walter Williams as VP. ;-)
Two conservative economists to straighten things out.
Yep, but he wouldn’t run. I’d be happy to see him advising our next president, Sarah Palin.
Absolutely! I’m happy Dr. Sowell wrote this column, it needed to be driven home.
LOL! Another good one, Smooth, the two go good together.
EVEN FREDIE DALTON THOMPSON WAS SOFT ON AMNESTY, AND A GREAT FRIEND AND SUPPORTER OF MCQUEEG’S MCCAIN/FEINGOLD BILL, RECENTLY THROWN OUT BY THE SCOTUS. DD HUNTER HAD HIS PRIORITIES STRAIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING WITH HIS PROPOSAL FOR A DOUBLE BORDER FENCE. ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE AND DOABLE, BUT, ALAS, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WAS ALSO ON THE SIDE OF AMNESTY SO THE FENCE DID NOT MATERIALIZE.
I’d vote for him, but I doubt he would be interested. He is a brillian man.
“One seat did not deprive the Democrats of big majorities in Congress. But one seat was the difference between being able to shut off debate in the Senate and having to allow debate on what was in this massive legislation. From day one it was clear that concealing what was in this bill was the key to getting it passed. “
That bill was an abomination, and the vampires in the House & Senate wouldn’t DARE allow that bill to be analyzed by the American people in the light of day.
But, alas, he couldn't break 1% in the Republican primaries.
Thanks for the ping jaz. I really think it’s more than Obammy’s ego behind it all.
Another good one from Dr. Sowell.
I wonder if Thomas Sowell has figured out that Scott Brown, despite running a good campaign in MA, is really a pro-abort???
Something to think about.
You can dream, but Dr. Sowell is too intelligent to even want the job. He is certainly too dignified to conduct the dog and pony and monkey show which presidential campaigns have become.
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