Democrats Takes Time to Honor Michael Jackson

Democrats in Congress didn't bother reading the stimulus bill. Democrats in Congress didn't have time to read the anti-energy bill. Democrats in Congress don't have time to look at a single Republican initiative, amendment, or motion. And yet now Democrats have plenty of time to talk about Michael Jackson, even taking time out of a busy Congress session to give him a moment of silence. That is called misplaced priorities, and is exactly what you get when you elect Democrats to office.

Democrats in the House of Representatives were so dismissive about your concerns over the recently passed anti-energy bill that they stopped a discussion on it to take time out to each get on the floor and try to steal some of the attention caused by the death of a singer. Several Democrats stood up to say "look at me," continuing a policy of capitalizing on crisis' that Obama used to capture the White House last year.

The misplaced priorities don't just stop in the House. White House adviser David Axelrod on "Meet the Press" Sunday said President Obama has "written the family and shared his feelings with the family. He felt that was the appropriate way to go." One wonders how many fallen troops Obama has written- I read once that Lincoln wrote to the mother of every fallen solider in the Civil War.

Did Obama write Farah Fawcett's family or Ed McMahon? Why Michael Jackson? Because he is black? Does Obama decide who to offer condolences to based on the color of their skin? He likely never met Jackson or was inspired by him. Jackson was not an especially great humanitarian or patriot. Why does he get a letter from the President of the United States of America? Does he have nothing better to do, or is this the new government of the United States, getting involved in everything, even if it is not related to its business?

Elect Democrats or liberals to office, and this is what you get- misplaced priorities.