This is what needs to be said today, tomorrow, and every 10 minutes in the ear of everyone in Washington until a real and effective jobs bill passes:
In the past few days, I've heard criticisms that this [stimulus] plan is somehow wanting, and these criticisms echo the very same failed economic theories that led us into this crisis in the first place, the notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems, that we can ignore fundamental challenges like energy independence and the high cost of health care, that we can somehow deal with this in a piecemeal fashion and still expect our economy and our country to thrive.
I reject those theories. And so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change.
The collective amnesia on the part of the establishment is astounding, but expected. Winning an election is in many ways the easy part - governing is a daily grind. The zombies will pop up again, spouting neo-Hooverisms and saying bizarre things like "Not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job," maybe the dumbest statement in the past 100 years, particularly from someone who's spent practically his whole life getting a paycheck from government.
If these right-wing lies aren't answered forcefully every single day, they become embedded. During the campaign they were rejected but within a matter of weeks they've sprouted again. So let's hear it one more time.
In the past few days, I've heard criticisms that this [stimulus] plan is somehow wanting, and these criticisms echo the very same failed economic theories that led us into this crisis in the first place, the notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems, that we can ignore fundamental challenges like energy independence and the high cost of health care, that we can somehow deal with this in a piecemeal fashion and still expect our economy and our country to thrive.
I reject those theories. And so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change.
More like this, Barack.
...Organizing for America, the new post-campaign outfit, is also re-editing the footage from all the network interviews last night and sending them out directly, with all the good parts of Obama selling the recovery package. People have to be armed with some information before they can go into action - well, at least liberals do. Good move.