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We’ll see GOP’s bipartisanship spirit; Thomas M. Finch; Beaver County Times; November 24, 2010.
Mr. Finch’s letters never disappoint. As usual, his letter is little more than a string of leftist talking points. It’s at least the 27th anti-Bush and/or anti-Republican letter from Mr. Finch since December 2004. Here is one example. I wish he could get a regular column in the Times. I also wish he could get at least five minutes per day on a local radio and/or TV station.
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“I tried to make sense of Rita Gavert’s anti-Obama rant in Thursday’s paper, but it was devoid of any rational thought.”
[RWC] Given his letter-writing history, Mr. Finch is complaining someone else’s letter is allegedly a “rant … devoid of any rational thought?” In any case, I didn’t consider the Gavert letter to be a “rant” and Ms. Gavert gave explicit examples to support her position. That’s something Mr. Finch doesn’t do in this letter.
“It seems ironic to me that she takes exception when President Barack Obama - supposedly - acts just like one of her esteemed neo-con Republicans.”
[RWC] If Ms. Gavert did what Mr. Finch asserted, it would be hypocrisy, not irony.
As I’ve written before, Mr. Finch likes to use the term “neo-con,” but he never tells us what his definition is. I suspect Mr. Finch just heard it somewhere and likes the sound.
“President Obama’s biggest mistake has been his efforts to achieve a bipartisan consensus on far too many occasions. Maybe he should have acted like her hero George W. Bush did during his first six years in office.”
[RWC] Note Mr. Finch didn’t provide any examples of Mr. Obama’s “efforts to achieve a bipartisan consensus on far too many occasions.” According to the left-leaning Politico, “President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who’s in charge of these negotiations. ‘I won,’ Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.” Mr. Obama was right; elections have consequences.
“Bush rammed lies down everyone’s throat to justify his corrupt nonsense, while Democrats sat on their hands, afraid of being labeled a ‘terrorist-sympathizer.’ Propaganda always defeats dissent.”
[RWC] Note Mr. Finch didn’t provide any examples of Mr. Bush’s “lies … to justify his corrupt nonsense.” Simply making drive-by assertions like those in this letter is SOP for Finch letters.
“If you want to see true ‘bipartisanship’ in action over the next two years, Republicans will show you how it’s done. Democrats will be forced to cave in to anything they want - like it or lump it, deadbeats.”
[RWC] Since Democrats are the majority in the Senate and the last I checked Mr. Obama was a Democrat, how can Republicans force Democrats “to cave into anything [Republicans] want – like it or lump it,” use a Jedi mind trick?
“Repealing the hated ‘Obamacare’ will negate his presidency - and become top priority. I guarantee you that future House Speaker John Boehner will still be able to get health care for himself if it’s repealed.”
[RWC] Seriously, does Mr. Finch really believe there’s any chance Senate Democrats would vote to repeal Obamacare and Mr. Obama would not veto any attempt to repeal Obamacare?
As for Mr. Finch’s “guarantee” about Mr. Boehner, that’s true for all citizens in a free country.
Finally, I don’t want Republicans to be bipartisan. I want them to govern using conservative principles exclusively, not some mish-mash of Rockefeller Republicanism and further leftism.
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