“Pass This Bill”

“Pass the bill….Pass the bill…..Pass the bill”

Reminds me of “Yes We Can….Yes We Can”………

Remember the feel good slogan of 2008?  Let me help…..”Yes We Can”  That was what it was a feel good slogan….how about another?  Change We Can Believe In!  Remember that one?

Guess what?  We have a new one!  “Pass The Bill”.  That is right after about 3 years of trying the Dems have a new slogan….a new bumper sticker……they could not find a hook for health care or financial regulation….but when needed they arose to the occasion….”Pass The Bill”…..

Obama is making the rounds….connecting with the people….and of course, getting in a little campaigning…..he has his new hook…he has the mindless and optimistic throngs of Dems chanting at each stop…”Pass The Bill”…..and though it is only about a week old it is already as irritating as some of the other tag lines…like 24/7…..or boots on the ground….or the most irritating off slogans…”kick The Can Down The Road”……

But with all that said, how about the line?

“Pass The Bill” has NO shot of passing, perhaps parts of it, but NOT the whole thing.  Why?  You may ask.

All money bills must originate in the House of Representatives….(pause here for thought)…..With Boehner the Speaker and Cantor the majority leader does passing sound like a possibility?  And then, even if by some miracle the bill makes it out of the House and on to the Senate where it would need just 41 senators to block it…….a Senate that has 47 Repubs….a Senate leader that has stated that the sole purpose of the Senate is to see that Obama is NOT re-elected…….now does that sound like it has a chance in Hell?

It is a great slogan….a great bumper sticker…..but a thoroughly waste of energy to chant it….it is NOT a jobs bill….it is, however, a good piece of campaign strategy…..will create few jobs and give away even more revenue that is needed….so by all means….chant your butts off…..but do NOT expect any chance of a massive jobs creation bill…..

Eventually, Americans will learn that chants, slogans and bumper stickers do NOTHING for the country!

But all means…..chant your butts off!