{"id":21242,"date":"2010-11-17T16:48:56","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T20:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21242"},"modified":"2010-11-17T18:53:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T22:53:01","slug":"lessons-unlearned-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21242","title":{"rendered":"Lessons unlearned, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, Nancy Pelosi just won the leadership position of her party once again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“There was a lot of unrest in the room for several hours,” Shuler said following the vote, arguing the strength of his challenge “sends a message” that the party needs to change direction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If I was just a partisan Republican interested only in the number of seats my party occupied in Congress, I’d be ecstatic that Pelosi won because the voters will punish Democrats in two years. But I’m more concerned about my country, my family and my wallet.<\/p>\n

Pelosi has argued that she should remain in the leadership in part because she knows how to lead Democrats out of the political wilderness, having done so four years ago. She also argues that she is the most effective fundraiser for members of the caucus. She blames the party’s losses on the country’s lingering economic troubles and high unemployment rate, not her leadership.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If by “lead Democrats out of the political wilderness” she means “out of the political wilderness into the darker, denser triple-quadruple canopy jungle” she’s probably right. This is the second time I’ve heard her absolve herself of blame for the losses in the election. I guess she doesn’t realize that the “country’s lingering economic troubles and high unemployment rate” are lingering and high because of her policies. Her pig-headed policies.<\/p>\n

Now they want to diddle with tax hikes. The market shot up the day after the election and now that Congress is back in session it’s back to ambling along with aimless uncertainty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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