Recently, Thomas Frank, political thinker and writer wrote an essay in Harper’s Magazine. Salon.com columnist David Daley, conducted an extensive interview on his essay. You can read the entire interview and essay by clicking here. However, as with the Mann and Ornstein, Frank indicates Democrats are too soft and willing to reach across the aisle. He blames Obama’s failures on two major issues. First, Obama’s conciliatory nature and second, Republican obstructionism. H
e notes they think they are the elite class. Below is an excerpt from the interview with Frank where he notes that having Paul Ryan and Todd Akin “would be a disaster for this country.” if you have read Mann and Ornstein, Frank, and other political writers, they generally note and are baffled by the Republican constituency being ignored by the people they elect into office. The question I have; Are you ready to get mean? Are you ready to fight? I am.
So what is the lesson to take from that? That things are so impossibly broken, that there is this ruling class that cannot be defeated?
Well, I don’t know. They haven’t been defeated by my team, you know, by Team Liberal. Let Paul Ryan get in there and do his tricks … No, that’s a really cynical, awful thing to say. I’m very disheartened these days, let me put it that way. I don’t mean to be cynical, but I don’t see any other way to talk about this. I myself will probably vote for Barack Obama, almost for sure, because you know, getting Paul Ryan and company in power would be a disaster for this country, there’s no question about it. We need look no further than Todd Akin to remember why.
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