Let the Puppet Dance Begin

January 26, 2009 | New York, New York | Vetting explained

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Ruben Navarrette Jr. continues to spread the talking points of the GOP by claiming that the Senate is not doing their jobs when they vote their conscious, and not the ideology of what is left of the Republican Party. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/26/navarrette.confirmations/index.html Navarrette starts his verbiage by attacking President Barack Obama's cabinet appointees. In winning the general election, the President does have the prerogative to make his own choices. While it is fair that the likes of Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, and Rush Limbaugh have every right to voice opposition, their language suggests that there is more than politics involved in their dissent. While the afore mentioned have a base of mostly white viewers and listeners, they need Navarrette to draw Hispanics to their line of "thinking" by having Navarrette regurgitate their talking points fully understanding the Republican party's need to seek much needed Hispanic votes in future elections. Fortunately Hispanic voters have seen the results of Republican Policies which do not benefit their communities any more than they have failed in not only the African American communities, but also mainstream America, as a whole. Republicans created the immigration policies which are hurting Americans wholesale. Now they want to distance themselves from the wake of their own creation. Republicans figured they could allow Hispanics to enter the US and then rely on their electoral support. Even those who have entered the country illegally see how they are being used to provide cheap labor today, and become scapegoated tomorrow. Many illegals have already returned to their homelands because of the economic downturn. One of the reasons law officers are reluctant to go after illegals is because they lack the resources to do so. They are also aware of the fact that the immigration problem was dumped on them by politicians who yielded to pressure by GOP campaign contributors from the private sector who have lobbied for soft laws so that they could hire workers who would not be able to seek fair pay, or unionize. Navarrette also claims that Senators need to do their jobs by voting against Obama's appointees. When ex-President George Bush presented his appointees, including Chief Justice John Roberts, he got his votes. Was the Senate doing their jobs then? Yes! Despite the philosophical differences in the prior administration, the electorate voted for those changes. Now, the electorate has spoken for the changes we are currently witnessing. Navarrette began his lede by ridiculing the world by stating that the world has"changed." The world has not changed, rather the world is hopeful that it will change under an Obama administration. The executive branch does have power over the legislative branch in that once bills are passed, the executive branch has to sign those bills into law, or not. The last two years Bush proved that point by vetoing the congress bill after bill. The one critique of Navarrette that I do agree with is that Tim Geithner should recuse himself from his appointment. Problem is that so many possible appointees have the type of ethical issues that there may not even be a viable alternative, regardless of party alliance. I still don't understand why Navarrette would use Elian Gonzales to make a case against Eric Holder. To say that not enough is being done to remove illegals, and then criticize this instance is pandering to the Cuban American community, and not remaining consistent on Navarrette's stance on the immigration issue. Talk about flip-flopping. Not but last least is the most favorite crutch of the GOP, the Clinton card. When all else fails, mention the name Clinton and no matter what the facts are, or aren't, what's left of the Republican base will have it's political raw meat to feast on. Obama has been in office barely 100 hours and the GOP mouth pieces are rooting for his failure unashamedly. Patriotic or treasonous? Remember the "with us" of "against us" refrain in the Bush years? How a drug addict like Rush Limbaugh can maintain his high profile in the party of family values makes one wonder what those values really are. Those values are becoming strikingly apparent.

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