Here is an interesting exchange from today's press gaggle aboard Air Force One with Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto. The reporter "Jennifer" actually asks logical follow up questions until Mr. Fratto abruptly ends the presser.Q You said that it's the only way to proceed, to prepare for a Republican-controlled Congress. With such a close election, and with both parties recognizing how close it's going to be, why not at least consider both alternatives?
MR. FRATTO: We're still in the game, and -- if you're in the game, you're in it to win.
Q But you don't know the outcome of the game any more than I do, and --
MR. FRATTO: We feel confident about the outcome, and that's the way we're going to proceed.
Q Continuing the analogy, but government isn't a game, and you are governing, and so your responsibility is to prepare for how to govern regardless of how it turns out. So it may be a game in the political sense, but it's really not a game to Americans who want their government to be ready to do what needs to be done.
MR. FRATTO: He'll be ready.
Q That means you're preparing for the other outcome?
MR. FRATTO: We are ready. We are ready for -- we're ready for a -- we're ready to work with a Republican Congress. Nice try, Jennifer.
Q That would suggest not ready for a Democratic Congress.
MR. FRATTO: Questions? Anything else? Thank you.
You know what this reminds me of? Athletes who insist, despite all of their losses, setbacks, and professional rankings, that they are "number one". That they are the best. It seems delusional to the point of insanity to steadfastly insist that you are a winner, or that you are going to win, when everything else indicates precisely the opposite. And nothing will shake this mindset! If you watched the Contender, you know exactly what I am talking about. A guy could get his block knocked off in the first round, and insist afterwards that he was "still the best fighter in the world" and that the cat who had just mopped the canvas with him had "gotten in a lucky punch".
ReplyDeleteWho is Jennifer, and where has she been all my life (or at least the last 5 years of it?)
ReplyDeleteThese people are such freakin' idiots! Like saying "if the Democrats take the House and/or the Senate, the President will deal with it" would suddenly tip the balance in the election. Snugness and paranoia is an odd combination, but it seems to be the SOP for this administration.
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