Turning Chicago’s Failed Olympic Bid Into A Plus For Democrats
The Democrats are starting to seize on the Republican’s cheering against America: Many Democrats saw the outbursts following the IOC decision – the merry Tweets, videos of cheering conservatives and chest-thumping by party leaders like Newt Gingrich — as part of larger pattern that includes the flirtation of right-wing Texans like Gov. Rick Perry with […]
The Democrats are starting to seize on the Republican’s cheering against America:
Many Democrats saw the outbursts following the IOC decision – the merry Tweets, videos of cheering conservatives and chest-thumping by party leaders like Newt Gingrich — as part of larger pattern that includes the flirtation of right-wing Texans like Gov. Rick Perry with secession and the caustic tone of right-wing talk radio, embodied by Rush Limbaugh’s “I want him to fail” comment about Obama in January.
“Some of these people are starting to put politics first and country second,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, taking particular issue with Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
“The American people are starting to wonder if they are rooting against America,” he added.
If Chicago would have won the bid then we would have seen work stat this week for preparations. Not only would venues be built for the Olympics, but hotels would be upgraded. The economic boom that comes with hosting the Olympics would not have been limited to Chicago, but would have spread out to neighboring states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and even as far as Ohio. All of these states are in hard times and could have used a little good news for their future, but the Republicans didn’t want that.
I believe this gives us a great new campaign tool for 2010 and 2012 – the Republicans rooting against America. The Republicans used it successfully in the early part of the decade, so now its our turn. We should start questioning not only their loyalty to our country, but their patriotism overall. Why would anyone cheer against their own country in a time of economic turmoil? Well as Chris Van Hollen said – they are putting party above country. That kind of makes John McCain’s campaign slogan of ‘country first’ a moot point while reinforcing Rush Limbaugh’s continued wishes for President Obama to fail.
Keep the pressure on the GOP over this latest example of party first and the Democrats could have a decent mid-term next year.
