Jobs bill bull

So let me make sure I have this straight.  The Senate voted against even debating President Obama’s jobs bill, but some people are saying it’s a victory for the President.  Because he knew this was going to happen….and now he can continue to campaign on jobs and blame the Republicans for not doing anything.

Will he campaign against Democrats too?  Two of them voted no last night….and some of the Democrats who voted for bringing the bill to the floor for debate, say if it was an actual vote on the bill itself, they’d vote no.

And the President says now he’s going to chop the bill into little pieces so they can be voted on individually…..which means the Senate will have more opportunities to vote against helping the unemployed.

Meanwhile, John McCain says he and a couple other Republicans are working on their own jobs bill.  Which he says will be good.  Really good.  Although his talking points certainly make it sound like his bill will be pretty good for the so-called “job creators” but not do anything to get them to actually create jobs.

While all this is going on at the Senate, over at the House, the President’s jobs bill is still dead on arrival.  Eric Cantor says the Republicans won’t even let it come to a vote.

Which leaves those of us who are unemployed and trying so hard to get jobs wondering when our government will actually do something about us.  Do something about the biggest crisis this country is facing today.  The biggest crisis we’ve faced in a long time.

I’ve made it clear where I stand on this.  The President’s jobs bill wasn’t big enough.  And the Republicans in Congress care more about making the President lose his job than helping millions of Americans get new ones.

Shame on them.  Shame on all of them.

I used to believe in the two-party system.  I thought it was a system of checks and balances.  If one party controlled everything, it was too easy to impose their ideas and ideology on the country.  If the parties shared power, there would be give and take.  There would be compromise.  And the end result would be good for the country.

Not any more.  They’re choosing politics over people and anger over action.

Whatever happens next November, does anyone think anything will get better?