Democrats Definition of Bipartisanship

Democrats from Obama to Pelosi promised to reach across the aisle to invite the input of Republicans during the recent campaign.Obama scheduled meetings with Republican Leaders and repeated his promise to consider their input.

What happened? Pelosi locked Republicans out of the process of the “Stimulus Bill” and refused to allow Republican Amendments. Then She and Reid locked the Republicans out of the House/Senate Compromise Committee approving the final wording of the bill. Nancy’s response, We won, you lost, live with it.

The Democrat main stream media pleaded for bipartisanship when the Republicans had the edge in Congress but say nothing about the strong arm tactics now that their cohorts hold the upper hand.

In short, Bipartisanship means Republicans should abandon their principles and cross the aisle to agree with Democrats Progressive, Socialist and even Communist principles but there’s no way in Hell the Democrats are going to give an inch.

Recently, the Socialist State of California, where runaway spending has the State in a $42 Billion shortfall, the legislature took months to pass their budget. It takes a two thirds vote to pass and they were 1 vote short. The Republicans were adamantly against any new taxes and continued to hold the line. The media was up in arms. Those unfeeling republicans were harming Schools, Police & Firemen, Seniors and State workers. The fact that the Democrats were harming all of those groups even more by their reckless tax and spend policies was never mentioned. They finally coerced one Republican to cross the line and the budget was passed in a “Bipartisanship” manner.
Democrat media editorials the following week extolled the importance of lowering the budget approval threshold to 55 percent so they'll never have to deal with those wascally Wepublicans again. One law professor at a State College suggested they adhere to a basic democratic principle-a simple majority vote.

Democrats cry that Bush never reached across the aisle, yet he allowed Ted Kennedy to write the No Child Left Behind Bill that the media constantly represents as Bush’s bill. During his eight years Bush regularly invited and lncorporated the input of Democrat members of the House and Senate and never received any credit for his efforts.

The art of Compromise is a vital element in any negotiation. The problem arises when one side has no principles and the other staunchly defends their basic principles. In the recent election the American public bought the "Hope and Change" slogan of a Pied Piper. He lied when he said no lobbyists would be allowed in his administration. He lied when he promised Transparency and his minions passed the "Stimulus Bill" without his promised exposure to the public. He lied again when he promised Accountability and packed his Cabinet nominations with tax cheats.

I don't know about you but I wonder just who or what group is pulling the strings of our new President?