Last week President Bush displayed his statesmanship by refusing to point a partisan finger while urging government action to fix the mess. Yesterday Nancy Pelosi couldn’t resist a nasty swipe at the Republicans before the bailout vote (evidently repeating the Obama campaign line). Then Pelosi expresses shock and anger when the bill fails.
Two things for the Democrats: (1) If Pelosi, Obama, and the Democrats really want a bill, they can get it any time they want. They control both houses of Congress, and President Bush has his signing pen in hand. (2) If you want Republicans to provide you with political cover for an unpopular bill, the least you can do is not insult and blame them moments before the big vote.
Lest we forget that this is a bipartisan problem, take a look at this video. The Democrats have their fingerprints all over this thing, too.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?