Legal Commentary

The Villagers Are Different

By Big Tent Democrat

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The WaPo's Steven Pearlstein tells me on MSNBC that the American people shouldn't expect Washington to be able to do anything about jobs because it's the result of "imbalances" that have to be "worked out" and it's going to take time and people just need to be patient and take their medicine. (Mrs Alan Greenspan agreed and added this hysteria over jobs in congress is all just politics in the wake of Massachusetts.)

Those are excellent observations from successful political celebrities who have jobs and are among the wealthiest Americans who can afford to "ride out" the slump. For most people, who aren't any of those things, not so much.

At least they didn't say "let them eat cake!" The strangest thing is these folks think they understand "real" Americans.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 04, 2010 (boomark / email).