I need a Liberal! Sometimes ......

Strange words from me huh? And here’s why.

And we’re back to money.

Sometimes, just a few words can have an amazing effect and those same words can resonate for centuries. “Et tu Brute” springs to mind, just as does “We hold these truths to be self evident”, just as does “This was their finest hour,” just as does, ”A day which will live in infamy,” just as does, “Ich bin ein Berliner” just as does, “I have a dream today” just as does, “I am not a crook”, just as does, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” just as does, “I did not have sex with that woman”, ………….

But you get my point; some of those snippets can confirm a leader’s place in history but, the same sentiment using different words or with different emphases chosen wrongly or reported wrongly can condemn them to defeat and eventually to quasi-ridicule.

It’s probably not too different today. In the case of George Bush, (the Elder) , the 41st occupant of the Oval Office, he was denied four more years perhaps because of his own few words, “Read my lips; no new taxes”.

A few words also dominated the run-up to the last election and Obama and the liberals used them to maximum effect. For example, John McCain uttered the, now infamous words, “The US Economy is basically sound”.

Well, I’m not claiming for a moment that it cost McCain the election but Obama and the Dems pounded on it for months. And so did the drive-by media. Fast forward until two weeks ago and Obama said the same thing. Media reaction; nothing.

Liberals, I’m sure thought they were getting off easy. Wrong!!

One of the greatest canards of the last election cycle was this other little snippet,

“Tax breaks for the rich."

This is the big lie come alive.

Under the Bush tax cuts, 25 million Americans at the bottom half of the income scale have been wiped off the federal income tax rolls. And the “rich”? The federal tax burdens of the top 1% has gone from 19% under Jimmy Carter (in 1980) to 39.4% . Meanwhile, the bottom 50% paid 3.1% of taxes in 2005. In 1995, under Clinton, their share was 4.6%.

Where’s a liberal when you really need one?