The "talk of the town," make that Washingtown, is the Democratic Party being portrayed as the "No Party." - The "No" Web site.
This past week Washington was just about as quick to go to the following Web site as our kids were to just released federal Grand Jury transcript of Monica's testimony about her activities with former President Clinton.
After bowing to Democratic objections and removing the controversial material from its Web site, the House Republican Conference has put back on its site a video mocking Democrats as the “No Party.”
I fail to see the big deal, but in the event you want to be in the know, you can view the "No Party" video -- better knows as the "No" commercial -- at the following link:
The "No" commercial.
An irony that the "press" seems to have missed is that the Web site -- which has the Democrats saying "no" to strengthening Social Security (along with everything else) -- reappears the very day after two top GOP lawmakers bucked the president on Social Security.
This occurred when the House's top two Republicans swiftly rejected an idea floated by President Bush to raise the ceiling on wages subject to the Social Security payroll tax, with Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom DeLay saying Thursday that they would consider that a tax increase.
(see 2-18-04, The Washington Post.)
Thus just as the "No" commercial has the Democrats saying "no" to the president, Speaker Dennis Hastert joined the majority leader Tom DeLay in distancing House Republicans from President Bush's idea to overhaul the retirement system, in effect, also saying "no."
Well, maybe I am the only one that finds this humorous. Give it a couple of days and maybe Garry Trudeau will come to my rescue in my favorite comic Doonesbury (along with reruns of Peanuts) and pickup on it.
After bowing to Democratic objections and removing the controversial material from its Web site, the House Republican Conference has put back on its site a video mocking Democrats as the “No Party.”
I fail to see the big deal, but in the event you want to be in the know, you can view the "No Party" video -- better knows as the "No" commercial -- at the following link:
The "No" commercial.
An irony that the "press" seems to have missed is that the Web site -- which has the Democrats saying "no" to strengthening Social Security (along with everything else) -- reappears the very day after two top GOP lawmakers bucked the president on Social Security.
This occurred when the House's top two Republicans swiftly rejected an idea floated by President Bush to raise the ceiling on wages subject to the Social Security payroll tax, with Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom DeLay saying Thursday that they would consider that a tax increase.
(see 2-18-04, The Washington Post.)
Thus just as the "No" commercial has the Democrats saying "no" to the president, Speaker Dennis Hastert joined the majority leader Tom DeLay in distancing House Republicans from President Bush's idea to overhaul the retirement system, in effect, also saying "no."
Well, maybe I am the only one that finds this humorous. Give it a couple of days and maybe Garry Trudeau will come to my rescue in my favorite comic Doonesbury (along with reruns of Peanuts) and pickup on it.
posted by Sid Cottingham | 8:30 AM
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