The World According to Me

So I’m watching Keith O. on MSNBC and I get a call from my little brother, who also watches Keith.  He and I both heard Michael Steele’s claim that government doesn’t create jobs, it creates work.  His assessment, “This guy’s BIZZARO,” referring to the villain from the Superman comic books.  For those of you who aren’t into comic books (or cartoons), Bizzaro is sort of this anti-Superman.  He wears a similar costume to Superman’s, but the “S” on the chest is backwards.  His thinking is backwards too.  In fact, in his world, everything works backwards.  He’s the total opposite of Superman in every way.  Likewise, Michael Steele is the total opposite of Obama, particularly in his grasp of reality.  Check this interview with George Stephanopoulos (courtesy www.mediamatters.org).

STEELE: You’ve got to look at the entire package. You’ve got to look at what’s going to create sustainable jobs. What this administration is talking about is making work. It is creating work.

STEPHANOPOULOS: But that’s a job.

STEELE: No, it’s not a job. A job is something that a business owner creates. It’s going to be long term. What he’s creating is a –

STEPHANOPOULOS: So a job doesn’t –

STEELE: Well, hold up.

STEPHANOPOULOS: — count if it’s a government job?

STEELE: No, let me — let me — let me finish. That is a contract. It ends at a certain point, George. You know that. Those — these road projects that we’re talking about have an end point.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: Democrats would say that the broader school construction funding will create jobs. Do you accept that?

STEELE: For a short term, yes. It’s a construction job. I agree with that. But, you know, do we need to put — is that what you — we need to put in place right now when you can look at other ways in the economy to stimulate that type of growth?

So let me get this straight.  Forgetting the fact that this is a Black man who has apparently no concept of what a “government job” is, in Michael Steele’s warped view of the world and how it works, jobs like Policemen, Firemen, Social Workers, Teachers, in fact any municipal occupation aren’t real jobs.  They’re just work.  The people just show up, do 8 – 12 (or more) hours, give their all (including their lives), collect a paycheck (which pays taxes to the government), but it’s just work to him. 

And what of contracted positions that aren’t created by the government, or temp jobs, or summer jobs?  I suppose those aren’t real jobs either.  So when Joe [not] the Plumber is on a contract assignment (plumbing, or whatever it is he does these days) those aren’t real jobs, it’s just work.  Somehow I think even he would have the brains enough to disagree with that. 

Is it just him, or are all Republicans this clueless?  Or worse, was he really elected to be the “token” face of the party as I feared?  Admittedly, I tried to cut the guy some slack because he’s a “brotha”.  But seriously, he’s starting to look more and more like the Black SARAH PALIN.