Defeat of House bailout bill a phoney blame on Repubicans

The defeat of the House bailout bill is another contrived disaster as seen by the media with the economic intelligence of lemmings. Democrat House leader Pelosi put on the housefloor a bill so loaded with poison pills for republicans it could not pass and she knew it. The way to save her reputation was a scheme to enrage republicans by calling them traitors if the bill was not passed in this emergency. It worked because republicans voted against the bill.

Then the media orchestration to blame republicans for sacrificing the country began highlighted by Barney Frank's tearful babbling. He would speak extra nice to twelve republicans to get them to vote yes. Very dramatic Barnery, but maybe he should say he was going to start with the democrats on his own committee who voted against the bill. After all, with a majority in the House, the democrats can pass any bill they want. They don't need republican help.

Pelosi must have realized that some democrats thought this was a bad bill and needed to cover for her selfish party leadership. With her attack speech on republicans before the votes are cast she wins either way the voting comes out. If the bailout bill passes she and Obama look good and if it does not the republicans look like crybabies with McCain a helpless observer. It was brilliantly and cynically done.

This little political exercise should remind republicans that the there is only one credo in the democrat party. The credo is that there are no moral codes regulating an election. There is no truth. The only sin is to lose the election. The democrats are assisted by a newspaper establishment with a credo of its own. Sin is not having headlines, that sell the newspapers. Truth is irrelevant if the headline sells the paper.