Shakedown Cruise

Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) had the audacity to say what is on a lot of people's minds these days. The $20 billion BP fund IS a shakedown for which the President has no constitutional authority. So this time a company (BP) is too big to succeed, not too big to fail. BP's responsibility to clean up the mess and compensate those affected is a private, civil matter not one of federal legal concern. Let the states and localities deal with BP on a case-by-case basis. Meanwhile, what is this congenital proclivity for Republicans to constantly eat their own, to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? It's an inbred family flaw, sort of like hemophilia in the British royal family. The Dems must be laughing themselves silly in the Congressional cloak-room. Republicans are afraid of their own shadows and all some Democrat has to do is yell 'boo' and Republicans wet their collective pants. Boehner, et al are playing right into Pelosi's hand. Kiss her ring and kiss November goodbye. We out in the trenches are waiting for our guys to grow a set. Why won't we stand up and defend our people when they are right? The Democrats circle the wagons and defend their people even when they shouldn't. They know that blood is thicker than water. If one of our people uses the wrong fork at a state dinner we demand they resign from Congress before sunrise. Come on, this is Chicago thug politics; it's win or die. The Tea Party is watching Mr. Boehner.