[Hoot Gibson]

No, Hoot, that's not it, though your theorizing is often entertaining. Your view of the federal government's role in a constitutional democracy such as ours is different from mine. Right Wing Flirty's want to make it a "us" against "them" battle and portray the fate of the nation hanging in the balance, forging black/white dichotomies where they don't exist ("Socialist/ Capitalist") blah, blah, blah. It is NOT revisionist to suggest that McConnell's strategy is and was obstructionism...in so many words, he has said so himself, suggesting that cooperating with Obama would lead to the further disintegration of the Republican Party and that the GOP's best chance was to to rigidly stick together, have a message, and stay on message en masse. What happened in 2006 does not change the fact that we got in two wars, cut taxes, asked for no sacrifices, went on in ignorant bliss as money borrowed outproportioned earning potential by far. Again, I will vote for Barack Obama in 2012, not because I agree with all he does, not because I view him as "transformative," but because he more closely reflects my personal values and political beliefs than does Huckabee or McConnell or Gingrich or Palin or Romney. As for cookie jars, I like Keebler's fudge stripes.

Revisionism is stating a fact that is no such thing. Democrats controlled both houses of Congress when Obama served in the US Senate. You claimed that Republicans controlled Congress. You were wrong, I pointed it out, and like a child caught stealing cookies, you are not enough of an adult to admit your mistake.

How ironic that you made such a blunder in this particular thread, which you started. If you are looking for hypocrisy, then look in a mirror.