Tender Feelings
Sep. 29th, 2008 10:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oselleSo, it appears the Republicans scuttled a possible agreement on the bailout bill because Nancy Pelosi said mean things.
You know, I've got a question. I've long noticed that Republicans and conservatives, whether they're politicians or pundits or people right here on LJ, tend to have very thin skins about themselves. Oh, they're terrifically thick-skinned about, say...starting wars or torturing people or denying healthcare coverage to needy kids or leaving an American city to drown but boy, when it comes to themselves, they're all, "You're so mean!" and "You hurt my feelings!" and "Don't call me names!" Why is that? How can people so utterly lacking in any sort of normal empathy for their fellow man be so deeply sensitive and easily wounded when it comes to themselves? Can this be classed as genuinely sociopathic behavior or what?
Barney Frank hit the nail on the head:
“We don’t believe they had the votes and I think they are covering up the embarrassment of not having the votes. But think about this: somebody hurt my feelings so I will punish the country. I mean that’s hardly plausible. And there were twelve Republicans who were ready to stand up for the economic interest of America but not if anybody insulted them. I’ll make an offer: Give me those twelve people’s names and I will go talk uncharacteristically nicely to them and tell them what wonderful people they are, and maybe they’ll now think about the country.”
Good luck, Barney.
You know, I've got a question. I've long noticed that Republicans and conservatives, whether they're politicians or pundits or people right here on LJ, tend to have very thin skins about themselves. Oh, they're terrifically thick-skinned about, say...starting wars or torturing people or denying healthcare coverage to needy kids or leaving an American city to drown but boy, when it comes to themselves, they're all, "You're so mean!" and "You hurt my feelings!" and "Don't call me names!" Why is that? How can people so utterly lacking in any sort of normal empathy for their fellow man be so deeply sensitive and easily wounded when it comes to themselves? Can this be classed as genuinely sociopathic behavior or what?
Barney Frank hit the nail on the head:
“We don’t believe they had the votes and I think they are covering up the embarrassment of not having the votes. But think about this: somebody hurt my feelings so I will punish the country. I mean that’s hardly plausible. And there were twelve Republicans who were ready to stand up for the economic interest of America but not if anybody insulted them. I’ll make an offer: Give me those twelve people’s names and I will go talk uncharacteristically nicely to them and tell them what wonderful people they are, and maybe they’ll now think about the country.”
Good luck, Barney.
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Date: 2008-09-30 10:07 am (UTC)We are seeing the fruits of capitalism run completely amok. The chickens have come home to roost with a vengeance. Unfortunately, though, it is the little people who will pay the biggest price. :(
Speaking for myself, I say the US has to do what the US has to do. The deal should have gone through. Too much is at stake. Because if America crashes, we all crash.
Our leaders are in a very sober mood today following what happened in Congress yesterday. David Cameron, leader of the Tory Party, was bang on the money. He said that it was the job of a responsible Opposition to work with the present Labour government if push came to shove, seeing the gravity of the situation we're all facing. That earned him a Brownie point from me.