Posted by
VBushmills on Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:38:10 AM
A regular commenter to this site put me in mind of the fact that Nancy Pelosi cannot survive. Where's the political cartoonist, with Obama posed a Cheyenne chief, and her scalp on his lodgepole?
Vassar Bushmills called this one, back in November, in his "Life Under Socialism" series, when he wrote that there would be clashes between the hot-tub socialists and the socialists with an edge, and "the edge" would win.
There are several benefits to this outcome for Obama. First, it removes an ugly pimple that could easily become a festering cyst. The Queen Bee was never team player as "The Edge" defined it. Second, it sends a message to other Congressional leaders just how easy taking scalps really is...when it is the scalp you're actually looking for. (Too bad the GOP never learned this.) Third, and maybe most importantly, the Fair Nancy's demise can serve as yet another feint, for she is genunely disliked in a big way in both conservative circles and most of Christendom. While we dance on her ashes, they will continue to do what they do best under the cover of jubilation.
Outside a few tax breaks in Samoa, nothing really will change, except now it will be done much less clumsily, with no more arrogance aforethought.
We will never come to miss that old broad. We'll all be glad that Nancy Pelosi finally got hers, but after that, quickly, I hope, some deep reflection about what is still to be done.
Bernard Chumm