Archive → August 13th, 2007
The 35W bridge collapse: Blaming the GOP in record time
It didn’t take Minnesota liberals long to politicize Minnesota’s biggest tragedy. On the same night the bridge went down, while useful people were volunteering to help professional rescue workers save lives, Minnesota liberals were busy finding ways to blame the tragedy on the GOP.
In fact, one state Democrat laid the blame squarely on Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty’s doorstep. He went so far as to say this on local television:
“If Governor Pawlenty had passed our five-cent per gallon fuel tax hike in this state, today’s tragedy would never have happened.”
A statement, by the way, that makes an ass of him even in the playbook or most Democrats. Apparently his speechwriter worked on the movie script for THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. And makes as little sense.
It’s all a bit soon, isn’t it? Here we are, some 60 years removed from FDR’s presidency and Democrats still won’t tolerate a harmless “president in a wheelchair/FDR in a footrace” jokes. And we’re to trust them for what’s tacky and what’s not?
As far as I’m concerned, they all need a time out at a Pigeon Forge cabin rental. You know… to think about what they’ve done.
Meanwhile, the rest of us will be busy trying to rebuild that FEDERALLY-FUNDED bridge that state transportation money (including that five-cent gas tax hike) never would have affected, since those are STATE funds. Thanks for the help, guys.
A Romneyic Victory
Mitt Romney won the Ames straw poll for presidential preference among Iowa Republicans this past weekend, proving nothing.
Well, at least he showed up. Absent were the real campaign heavyweights. Missing in action were RINO favorites like Rudy Guiliani and the candidate destined to hawk incontinence supplies on late-night TV ads, Sen. John McCain, as well as the still-not-quite-fully-declared faves, Fred Thompson and Newt Gingrich.
So, again, Mitt Romney won an Ames, IA, straw poll, proving nothing.
It’s like naming Sneezy the best of the Seven Dwarves. The only sane response to that is to say, “OK. Sure. So when do the REAL candidates get here?” Until he really goes up against Guiliani, Thompson and Gingrich, Romney’s becoming the new poster boy to have his name define a meaningless win. Forget Pyhrric victories; from now on, they ought to be known as Romneyic victories.
But hey… at least Romney’s win drove one other RINO candidate out of the race. That OTHER Thompson… Tommy, best known for his four terms as governor of Wisconsin… finally dropped out of the race when it became clear he couldn’t even beat Mitt Romney, let alone any of the big boys.
So at least there’s that.
For the hard-of-thinking: Mitt Romney won a presidential poll no other serious candidate showed up for, accomplishing nothing.
