Pretending to Care 101

Instead of extending unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed, the Rethuglican / Stupid Party is coaching their elected officials in how to appear compassionate while denying those benefits (among others).  Some of the suggested tone-deaf spin tries to put it in terms of "you're only encouraging laziness" by extending benefits vs. creating jobs (which the Rethugs won't do either).  Some of the other "tips" are sure to boomerang, like "unemployment is dropping, so what's the big deal?"(Wow, Rethugs acknowledging that under President Obama, unemployment is dropping -- thanks!).

The problem is, if the Rethug political class were actually doing something to create jobs (repairing/replacing infrastructure, for example),  rather than obstructing everything to gain political points, this effort at spin control might make sense in a perverse way.  But the fact that they want America to fail under this President, even at the expense of Americans who are hurting, is nothing short of despicable.