It's a blame game, don't let the cheaters win

You are outgraged when the olympian is found to have used steroids. You are livid when a dirty ref makes a bad call. You want justice when a CEO has lied and manipulated books to fraud investors, but at least 30% of the U.S. population seems to have no problem with the lies, cheating, and stealing by the republican party. In fact, it is swaying public opinion and causing average working people to believe that Barack Obama is doing a bad job. 

Why all the bad press? Because we have a president who is doing what is right, rather than be concerned with playing nice with politicians and the ultra-wealthy influencers. The republican party is, in conjunction with the wealthy influencers, trying to stir fake populist rage to maintain their wealth. It's a simple trick they've been using for years, speak loudly and distort the truth, get the masses to become enraged and you get them to vote against their best interests. 

The economic situation is entirely due to a complete failure by the Bush administration and the republican congressional leadership which has been following the failed Reaganomic theories for too long. We need responsible government, which means tax money should be collected and spent on infrastructure, improvements, and exactly what all of these spending proposals are for. No more tax cuts for the giant corporations and ultra-wealthy 1-2% of the population. We need our country back. 

Robert Reich has an excellent post on the madness of this right-wing populist rage:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/robert_reich/2009/03/is-obama-responsible-for-wall.php