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Insists, "Dave's Not Here!"
wobbly in quick hits says "stupid", but I'd go with insane:
Axelrod hopes GOP gains will bring cooperation
By Tom Cohen, CNN
October 10, 2010 3:48 p.m. EDT
Washington (CNN) -- White House senior adviser David Axelrod is looking for a silver lining in expected Democratic losses in November's congressional elections.
While saying he thought his party would retain its majority in both the House and Senate in the November 2 voting, Axelrod told the CBS program "Face The Nation" that that he hoped Republican gains would bring more cooperation.
He accused Republicans of deliberate obstruction as a political strategy since President Barack Obama took office last year with majorities in both the House and Senate.
"The posture of the Republican Party from the moment we got here has been basically to deprive the president of bipartisan support so they could accuse him of not being bipartisan," Axelrod said.
"So I'm hoping that with more seats, the Republicans will feel a greater sense of responsibility to work with us to solve some of these problems," he said.
This is sort of like saying, "2+2=4. But with a little, it will soon be 22!"
You literally cannot analyze shit like this, because it makes absolutely no sense at all. Consider a mathematical metaphor for the moment. In calculus & the theory behind it--analysis--a function is analytical if it's "well-behaved", that is, infinitely differentiable, in every neighborhood. One can think of these as functions without irrational discontinuities popping in whenever they like, thus making it possible to understand them in terms of consistent--albeit sometimes incredibly complex--patterns. But the way Axelrod is "thinking" here--much like Obama apparently always has and does--is the exact opposite of this. The apparent regularities are only for show at best, and to totally throw you off at worst. The very essence of his "thinking" is totally insane and contrary to any rational pattern.
Although, come to think of it, maybe that's the whole point. The DFHs are the only ones left who give a damn about trying to make sense of anything at all, so this would make perfect sense as a big Fuck You! to the last remnants of the reality-based community.
Either that, or Axelrod just has some really incredible drugs.
Must be hanging out with Rush Limbaugh again.
p.s. Just to be clear, when Susan Collins says the same sort of thing she is stupid. Dumber than a rutaga, in fact. But for Axelrod to agree with her. Now that's insane.
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