Michael Jackson’s Death Provides Cover For Bill Passage

The sudden death of Pop Superstar Michael Jackson provided the news media with nonstop reporting on the entertainer’s untimely demise. This put all other news stories on the back page or completely off the news radar scope.

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste — and what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you didn’t think you could do before.”
~Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff

Maybe the White House should adopt a new slogan - “you never want a popular celebrity’s death to go to waste.”

Almost everyone was immersed in the details regarding the life and times of Michael Jackson except Congress. They were busy pushing, I mean passing the latest piece of legislation known as the climate change bill. The House passed this bill late last Friday night by a vote of 219-212. It is estimated that this bill will cost each household at least $175 per year. This is in direct conflict of Obama’s campaign promise of not taxing Americans that make less than $250,000 per year. Main stream news media had their audiences enraptured with continuing coverage of the pop icon Michael Jackson taking the focus and attention off the passing of this bill.

“It amounts to the largest tax increase in American history under the guise of climate change.”
~Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind.

This bill is over 1,200 pages. It begs the question once again - did any member of the House read this tome in its entirety before voting? Probably not. It is now up to the Senate where the bill faces a very tough challenge. There’s always the possibility that another high-profile news story will provide a cover for the Senate vote on this bill. Another late night vote while the Americans that will be affected are sound asleep.

And speaking of providing cover, don’t you think that Governor Mark Sanford has been glad to be off the front page for the past several days.