A Choice for the Ages: 18 Minutes of Bipartisan Bob Gates? Or 5 Years of GOP Fetishes?

Sun. May 12, 2013:


Once in a while, Dear Readers, you can hear an informed voice, under the din of an ideological noise that has been slowly killing our USA for at least the last 5 years.

SO HERE'S YOUR CHOICE FOR TODAY:

I.  Choice One

           Bob Gates [now chancellor of William & Mary College] interviewed for Face the Nation:
                        Former Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush & Barack Obama



Invest 18 minutes of your Sunday to Bob Schieffer's Face the Nation interview this morning with
Robert Gates -- Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush and then Barack Obama:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57584087/gates-some-benghazi-critics-have-cartoonish-view-of-military-capability/

The gyst:  The greatest threat to our National Security is our current ideological warfare in Washington.
And here's what to do about Afghanistan, Benghazi, Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.




II.  Choice Two

Just a one-day sample of Republican fetishes which are slowly strangling your country:

1.   "The Republicans' Benghazi Obsession"

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/opinion/the-republicans-benghazi-obsession.html    [Lib view]

versus

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887324244304578473533965297330-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwMTExNDEyWj.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email                  [Conserv view]  


2.  "After Plant Explosion, Texas Remains Wary of Regulation"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/us/after-plant-explosion-texas-remains-wary-of-regulation.html?ref=us
We get it, GOP.  Too much regulation can hurt our economy.  But, NO protective government at all?

3.  "The Health Law and Its Incentives"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/opinion/the-health-law-and-its-incentives.html
Columnist Ross Douthart's recent criticism of Obamacare missed the most important points.

4.  "House Vote on Debt Ceiling Gives Priority to Creditors"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/us/politics/house-votes-to-give-creditors-priority-if-debt-ceiling-is-breached.html
Dems call it the "Pay China First" Act!

5.  "Senate Republicans Block Committee Vote on Obama's Nominee to Lead E.P.A."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/us/politics/republicans-block-vote-on-nominee-to-lead-epa.html
G.O.P., and the Dems before them, have turned the Senate's confirmation process into a blocked artery to the very heart of governance.