Posted by
dieneces on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:38:51 AM
Quickly, I would like to note that the price of oil fell to its lowest since February of this year on the news of the bail-out failure. Also, the dollar gained a bit also. It couldn't be that these three things have anything to do with one another...
Many brilliant people made the point that this bail-out would have real consequences vis-a-vis the international perception of the dollar. If yesterday's events can be considered evidence, then it's clear the failed legislation would have done a great bit of harm. Whether the harm would have out-weighed the possible 'good' is hard to know.
On to the next issue: since Palin's interview with Couric, many people have been criticizing Palin as being a bit to green (I don't mean eco-freindly) for the VP post. Will those same people exclaim with similar vigor and veracity the complete lack of self-control displayed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday? We all know that she's nothing more than a rich, persistent partisan; but what the hell? Is she really no better than the heroine addict that knowlingly shoots-up in front of the police? Yesterday was perhaps one of the only times she needed to zip it. Indeed, after all the shreiking about the need for bipartisanship - she polishes her leftist credentials in front of the whole country?
While this was a stupid move on her part, it's not a particularly bold or brilliant more for Boehner & Co. to claim that her words changed votes.
Nevertheless, I can't wait to see SNL's depiction of her... Not.