Where's the outrage? Obligatory Reading of the Day.
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I am still a little under the weather, but I managed to get online and read and see what I missed - what an eventful week! And a bad week for the Right. Libby is guilty. Heads are falling around the Walter Reed affair. Newt Gingrich blames the NOLA victims for not being good enough citizens to…
there has been a lot going on in the world in recent year, and people are outraged,
sort of
actually, given the sheer outrageousness of the various finanicial and political misdeeds of the last few years, the level of outrage is surprisingly low
people are jaded, and this is reflected in many…
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There's outrage, but there's also the knowledge that there isn't a majority in the Congress* to override a veto. If the president won't sign, it's pointless to keep sending him the bills. Yes, I'd have liked to see him forced to veto a couple more bills in quick succession, but "quick" isn't going to happen, either.
It's Republicans who should be outraged - their party is still behind this man. They're the enablers, and until they stop, he pretty much can stomp his feet and refuse to play.
*I hope Connecticut voters are happy with Joe...