“Unhealthy” Political Debate
by Mike on Apr.20, 2009, under Political
When is political debate unhealthy?
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Senior White House adviser David Axelrod on Sunday suggested the Tea Party movement is an unhealthy reaction to the tough economic climate facing the country.
Axelrod was asked on CBS’s Face the Nation about the spreading and very public disaffection with the president’s fiscal policies seen at the Tea Party rallies around the country last week.
“I think any time you have severe economic conditions there is always an element of disaffection that can mutate into something that’s unhealthy”, Axelrod said.
How come every Democrat who first voted for the war, when they saw the public turning against it, wrapped themselves in the flag of patriotic dissent and were named as heroes?
How come when hundreds of violent demonstrators turned out for every G-?? (insert number here) summit or thousands of Mexican protesters turned out, complete with Mexican flags and upside down US flags, that was healthy debate?
So why is it unhealthy when hundreds of thousands of law abiding citizens peaceably turn out to protest the tax and spend policies of the Obama Administration? Is it because these folks who pay taxes don’t deserve a voice – just shutup and pay your taxes? Is it because these folks are concerned that the fiscal irresponsibility of the current administration threatens to bankrupt our country? Is it because these folks don’t want to see future generations saddled with a debt load which will ensure a lower standard of living for our kids and grandkids?
No – it is none of these above. “Unhealthy” debate is obviously any debate the Obama Administration does not agree with!!
