Michael Moore Is An Idiot

…As if people did not already know that.

The auto bailout bill went down in flames last night and the news has been filled with stories about how the Republicans killed it. Every story discusses how Republicans were responsible and that the Democrats can’t do it without Republican support. Michael Moore called the Republicans blood suckers who were taking it out on blue collar workers.

What Moore and the others have not stated, and what has not been mentioned in the media (not directly) is that the Republicans gave enough votes for the thing to pass. The Democrats control the Senate 51-49 which means that 9 Republicans would have to vote in favor to get the 60 votes needed. I could not find a breakdown of who voted for the thing and who against but I read that 10 Republicans voted for it:

Moments later, the Senate fell short of the 60 votes need to bring up the auto rescue plan for consideration. The Senate voted 52 to 35, with 10 Republicans joining 40 Democrats and 2 independents in favor. International Herald Tribune

If the vote was only 52 in favor and 10 of those were Republicans then that means 40 Democrats and 2 Independents (who caucus with them) voted in favor. This means that 9 Democrats did NOT vote for the bill. Anyone want to bet it was the Democrats from southern states that have foreign auto plants in them?

How come Michael Moron blamed the failure on the Republicans when it was the Democrats who caused the defeat? If Harry Reid could have gotten all his Democrats to support it then it would have passed. Instead, they were probably allowed a pass to protect them while the Democrats laid blame on the Republicans. This is what they did with the original financial bailout. Pelosi could not get all her Democrats to vote for it (and she told the vulnerable ones to vote against it) and then they blamed the failure on the Republicans. Here is how the auto bailout failure is typically presented:

But the UAW stopped biting its tongue after Republicans sank a House-passed bill Thursday night that would have loaned $14 billion to cash-poor General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC to keep them out of bankruptcy protection. Yahoo News

This is how the Democrats play the game. Their member’s political careers are more important than the people. I am not in favor of the bailout and am glad it was defeated. However, morons like Michael Moore and the people in the MSM blaming this on Republicans, should not get a free pass. They are lying.

Let’s face it. The Democrats are unable to lead. They cannot get their folks to do what leadership wants. Then, when things go bad, they blame it on the other party.

I read that George Bush was handed a stinging defeat by his party. No, the Democrats screwed the pooch on this one.

I really would like to see Michael Moore just disappear off the face of the Earth. Perhaps we could find a nice deep hole to shove him in…

Big Dog