McConnell’s Debt Ceiling Fiasco

‘What the hell is going on out there?’

Perhaps, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has channeled Florence’s illustrious political philosopher and strategist Niccolo Machiavelli, to concoct his latest strategy to get Mr. Obama and his Democratic cohorts to help solve America’s debt crisis.

Nevertheless, Mr. McConnell’s proposal to allow Mr. Obama to raise the debt ceiling three times between now and December 2012, unless two-thirds of Congress votes to block it, is inexplicable political strategy.

Only yesterday in a speech before the Senate, Senator McConnell spoke truth to power when he said: “After years of discussions and months of negotiations, I have little question that as long as this President (Mr. Obama) is in the Oval Office, a real solution (America’s debt crisis) is unattainable.”

Negotiations with Mr. Obama are completely pointless. Mr. Obama’s agenda isn’t to rebuild American “exceptionalism” and economic strength; it is to transform America into a debtor’s nation, and transfer the American taxpayers' wealth in accord with his Marxist-Rawlsian political philosophy.

Mr. Obama and the Democrats are not honest agents. It contradicts every realty to believe you can have a civil and constructive engagement with them. To believe that Mr. Obama truly wants to find a solution to America’s debt crisis, lower unemployment, and grow our economy, can only be validated by resolutely ignoring actual facts. It is Mr. Obama and his Democratic cohorts who own this economy. Mr. Bush has not walked through that Oval Office door in two and one-half years -- it's Mr. Obama's economy.

If Mr. Obama wants to stop making payments to our Military, Senior Citizens (Social Security and Medicare), Veterans, interest on America’s debt, and essential government programs, as he has shamelessly threaten to do, that is his choice. This demagogic grandstanding can be called to account by the House of Representatives by simply passing legislation to prioritize payments for essential groups and services, with the result that no necessary Federal government functions will be impaired. If the Democratic controlled Senate and Mr. Obama want to oppose this legislation then it is they who are responsible for the consequences.

In a search for solutions, Americans should expect no constructive role from the Mainstream Media (MSM). In American society today, the MSM speaks only for the liberal left, academic elitists, generational parasites, and special interests such as public sector unions, autoworkers' union, and Wall Street bankers. The MSM does not give voice to the majority of American citizens. Consequently, this should be fully understood: Americans don’t care what they say, and Americans don’t listen to what they report. The MSM has made themselves irrelevant.

Americans want debt relief. Americans want less government spending. Americans believe that we pay enough taxes. Americans want tax reform. And, as Florida Senator Marco Rubio insightfully stated: “America needs not higher taxes, but more taxpayers.”

Americans elected conservative Republicans in 2010 because they understand that Mr. Obama and his Democratic cohorts are destroying the country they love. If Republicans want to win in 2012 – they better show the American taxpayer they mean business today!