Dear Folks,
Finally finished Homage yesterday. About a week late but immediately tore into Ivanhoe. As Mom noted, about 50 of the last 90 pages of Homage chronicle the various left wing party intrigues of the Spanish Civil War and are boring; they reflect left wing stupidity, i.e. it is better to be ideologically correct than to keep fascism out of power.The ideologues lost again, as they usually do, to the detriment of all. Sort of reminds me of the Democrats in Congress today. They could achieve significant health care reform in a heart beat by just adopting the Senate Bill in toto. Instead , they keep their eye over their shoulder to re-election and their own self interest; to heck with the general good.I really think it is time for the President to bring out all the power of the presidency and, even if it costs him the next presidential election, take some very crude and vicious action to bring the Congress to pass a bill NOW. This is not the time for compromise within your own party, its the time to enforce and to use the awesome power that the office of president has to bring people into line. LBJ did it. Roosevelt did it. President Obama can do it.
I'm hoping for the best.
love you all,
daddio
out
On a more positive note-I spent yesterday hiking Turkey Run State Park in Indiana. Weather was o0utstanding. Bethany will remember the which I
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John, Your last entry about hikeTurkey Run was deleted.Did I miss something? Love Mom
ReplyDeleteThe President need not be crude to be effective.
ReplyDeleteJeff
Less time in the Bible Jeff; more time in the history books.
ReplyDeleteLBJ was the most effective President in modern times, and yes, he was crude; very crude.
He strong armed the Civil Rights Act through on sheer power politics; nothing gentle there.
The President needs to wake up to the fact he is not dealing with the editorial board of the Harvard Law Review. The Republicans are deceitful and can be dealt with in the only currency they know: raw power.
I think the President will get this done; but it won't be pretty.
daddio