Sorry Bambi. The auto bailout is going to be all yours. It looks like your actually going to have to a make a tough decision. One that actually upsets people. I know you’ve never had to do that before. You’ll survive.

I like the way you and your supporters have embraced the “new tone”, but you can’t fool us. We all know that you just want Republicans to go easy on you during your “honeymoon” and that you are hoping Bush will do as much dirty work as possible before he leaves. No el presidente, the auto bailout is all yours. But I sense the AP understands your predicament and is getting nervous.

Hardline opponents of an auto industry bailout branded the industry a “dinosaur” whose “day of reckoning” is near, while Democrats pledged Sunday to do their best to get Detroit a slice of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue in this week’s lame-duck session of Congress.

Oh how quickly those who question government bailouts have become “hardline opponents”. Of course, Democrats are just angling for “Detroit” to get a “slice” of the “rescue”. We “bail out” greedy meanies who wear suits and ties to work. We “rescue” the pathetic auto industry. Of course, they are doing this for “Detroit”. Suddenly, the AP adopts a holistic approach. Huh.

The disagreement raises the possibility that any help for automakers will have to wait until 2009, when President-elect Barack Obama takes office and the Democrats increase their majority in the Senate… But if the Republicans are seen as neglecting an industry that inevitably collapses, they risk lasting political problems in Midwestern industrial states that can swing for either political party.

Oh no, this may be postponed until 2009. Obama might actually have make a tough decision! But wait, it’s not really a tough decision. The AP is quick to remind us that if “Republicans are seen as neglecting an industry that inevitably collapses, they risk lasting political problems in Midwestern industrial states that can swing for either political party.” Really? Detroit may not vote Republican any time soon. I can see how that’s a real concern for the Republican Party. Hey AP, aside from alienating the “swing” Detroit vote and the “swing” UAW vote, I wonder if there are any Americans out there that are sick of bailing out pathetic companies? Just a thought.

I’m sure hard workings, taxpaying Americans everywhere will chomping at the bit to support the Detroit auto indsutry jobs bank. Over thirty dollars an hour with full benefits for playing href="http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0510/17/A01-351179.htm">crossword puzzles. How can we expect a thriving auto industry when people are forced to work under such barbaric conditions. Its practially serfdom.

So Bambi, get on you knees and kowtow to Detroit, waste taxpayer money, become the poster boy for inept government bailouts and help your Detroit cronies Chicago style or piss off Detroit and the union vote. The next four years might not be so bad after all. This could be entertaining.