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The Republican’s lost Keystone pipeline approval in the Senate yesterday, but only by a single vote. Practically guaranteeing passage in January when they become the majority in the chamber. However, the loss also almost surely guarantees that Louisiana Democrat Senator, Mary Landrieu, will now not be reelected. Therefore, having to wait another two months certainly seems to be worth the delay in passage.

 

Then there’s an item from dailycaller.com/2014 by contributor, Michael Batasch, also regarding the votes results headlined: “Activists Bundle Up To Protest Keystone XL Outside Dem Senate Offices.”

 

Mr. Batasch writes: “Democratic Sens. Tom Carper of Delaware and Michael Bennet of Colorado have come out in support of approving the Keystone XL pipeline, which has made them a target of environmentalists who want to see the project defeated in the Senate.

 

“Senator Carper and Bennet must know that if they are going to stand with big oil and support the Keystone XL pipeline, then they will lose the support of the youth vote,” Elli Bloomberg, an American University student protesting at Bennett’s office, said in a statement. “As young people we must demand better of these Democratic senators and hold them accountable,” he said. “Keystone XL is unacceptable, it will ruin my generation’s future, and violates the right of indigenous communities.”

 Now, here's the part that has to be read slowly and carefully to grasp the likely unintended, but certainly most salient aspect of Mr. Batasch’s article: “Environmentalists argue that Keystone will harm the environment and contribute to global warming. So they bundled up to withstand the frigid blast of Arctic weather and protest against Democrats who have pledged to vote in favor of legislation approving the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline.”

So, here we have a troop of young folks generally regarded as the intellectual elite of the nation standing outside, freezing their tails off, to protest against a fully enclosed pipeline at the beginning of what’s projected to be among the coldest winters in recorded history. Which means it’s no wonder they haven’t a prayer of finding a job that takes more intellect than flipping burgers in fast food joints, because even that may be stretching their ability to function effectively.

On another issue, yesterday Rush discussed an article by Chris Cilia of the Washington Post, titled: “"Why Jonathan Gruber is Conservative Catnip."

 

Mr. Cilia wrote: "The key to understanding why Gruber has become a cause celebre -- but not in a good way -- for conservatives is that his comments about the ACA confirm two things that the right has long believed about Democrats and the law: (a) The ACA was made purposely vague to keep the public in the dark about its depth and breadth, and (b) liberals think conservatives are stupid."

To that, Rush opined, “In other words, as far as Cilia's concerned, this is nothing but personal for us. The reason Gruber is so interesting to us is because he admits that liberals think conservatives are stupid, and that's a point we've been trying to prove for what?”

The subject of Rush’s commentary struck home because it’s one presented here frequently. Especially regarding the White House and its presidential staff. Because, while intellectual capability is critical to managerial expertise, it is something severely lacking in the current group of sycophants surrounding the incumbent president.

Therefore, it’s quite odd, and a dichotomy, to have a staff of supporters so patently dense and arrogant thought by a reporter, Chris Cilia, to be intellectually more adept than rivals who are in fact, considerably above them intelligence-wise. 

Which means, what really occurred when Jonathan Gruber disclosed the fraud and deception behind the health care tax’s passage, the “catnip” had absolutely nothing to do with the intelligence of those in either party. Because, the issue isn’t whether or not one’s holding office are smart enough, it’s whether or not they’re devious, deceitful and arrogant enough to lie, cheat and steal to defraud the entire nation, such as Democrats do in their extreme selfishness on a regular basis.

That’s it for today folks.

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