The Tsunami may have crested

It may be just wishful thinking, but it does appear that the socialist tsunami that hit the country last November may have crested and be receding. If it has indeed spent its energy so quickly, the country may be spared serious damage. If it had lasted just another month, and socialized medicine had crashed down on the country, the damage would have taken decades to fix.

In the house, the ‘blue-dog’ Democrats are in open revolt against their leadership’s attempt to add another trillion dollars to the federal deficit. Our leftist-in-chief continues to deploy his rhetorical talents to keep the wave moving, but more people are now looking behind the rhetoric, and understand the consequences. The President’s poll ratings are dropping like a rock, and with that drop goes his political capital to intimidate Congress.

I don’t want to give the impression the Socialist Tsunami did no harm. Indeed, it has done lasting damage in running up enormous federal deficits with the ‘stimulus’ package that did not stimulate. That bad move will indeed take years to pay off, and redirect resources from more productive investments. But with the Republican breakwater damaged and need of repair, the damage to the mainland could have been much worse.

Domestically the forces of reason appear to be re-emerging. In international policy, however, the forces of reason are still hard to find. Honduras defends its democracy alone, under assault from Hugo Chavez, Iran, and … the US. Iran continues on its path to nuclear war, and Israel continues to get pressure from the US for ‘appeasement’.

If we can make it into the August congressional recess without the healthcare boondoggle, I believe it will be very hard to ram the effort through in the fall. One more week of fighting the Socialist Tsunami, and the forces of reason should be able to breath a bit easier.

Author: Mark