A NATION OF MORONS? REICH SAYS "YES"

Two weeks ago, in "A Nation of Morons," I wrote that the republican plan is to say no to everything President Obama wants - no matter how far he sticks out his hand - so that they can put some distance between themselves and an American economy they helped George Bush destroy (I also discussed this with economist Marc Thoma on this past Saturday's program). Their plan is to blame President Obama for not doing anything about the economic mess, in the hope that they can turn the political tide and win back a few seats in 2010, like they did in 1994.

The republicans are banking on Americans forgetting that the republican party was the group that handed George Bush the flamethrowers he needed to burn through trillions of dollars, while setting our national house on fire. Simply put, republicans think we are a forgetful nation of morons.

It turns out that former Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, agrees with my premise. Check out his post here.

The larger point of my original post, however, still stands. Republicans don't understand how serious this mess really is. They're still playing political games, for no other reason than to gain political power. Like Nero, and George Bush, they prefer to fiddle while Rome burns.


- Mark