How true this is

Times Columnist, Bob Herbert, hits the nail on the head in his latest Op-Ed column, It's Time to Get Help.

"There is no end to the craziness. The entire Republican Party has decided that it is in favor of absolutely nothing. The president’s stimulus package? No way. Health care reform? Forget about it."

It seems like this happens all of the time with the Repubs when they aren't in the majority. They act like little children and refuse to participate in the conversation because it isn't going their way.

"The wackiness is increasing, not diminishing, and it has a great potential for destruction. There is a real need for people who know better to speak out in a concerted effort to curb the appeal of the apostles of the absurd."

And unfortunately, even if the well informed spoke the truths loudly and clearly, the opposition would just dig in further and cover their ears, screaming "I can't hear you, I can't hear you," over and over again.

I find the lack of cooperation, while in no way new, to be dismaying and the blatant misinformation by members of the opposition to be downright alarming. The country seemed so very sure of what it wanted last November when it elected Democrats in such high numbers. It saddens me to see how the machine, perfected by Karl Rove, is disseminating such lies.