Bipartisanship

I may tackle this one if I get some clear space. I've still got a lot of catching up to do, but what's amazing is the calls for "bipartisanship" and "civility" in public debate. No, no one's surprisesd that the Republicans are doing it -- we know they can't face the consquences of their own actions. As a stopgap, check out this post by Digby.

Oddly, however, in the last couple of weeks, the media has been obsessing that the election reflected a desire among the American people for the congress to stop fighting and work together, which makes no sense. The Republican congress didn't fight --- the Democrats just caterwauled ineffectually from the sidelines, while the Republicans did what they wanted. There was no gridlock, they passed virtually every piece of legislation they wanted and the congress was perfectly in sync with the president. If comity was what people were concerned about they obviously would have kept undivided government.

The American people voted for the Democrats because they wanted them to stop the Republican juggernaut. Look at the poll numbers. Look at the election results.

It's sort of instructive, as if we needed to reinforce it at all, but this is the rightwing mindset: if you don't get your way, whine about it. The Republicans in Congress are whining, the theocons are whining, the knuckle-dragging right is whining (when they're not threatenting assassinations).

Grow up, assholes.