Watching the Fox News Channel yesterday evening, while perusing my favorite Conservative Website, I observed something that I never thought that I would see in my lifetime. Well, that is, I never thought that I would see it before Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009.

President Barack Hussein Obama had a hissy fit on National Television.

Calling  Speaker  John Boehner and the the Republican members of the House of Representatives everything but Children of God, the Leader of the Free World went on a 35 minute tirade, explaining how it WASN’T HIS FAULT that the nation is heading to Default.

Naturally, it was the fault of those wascally Wepublicans.

Sounding like an adolescent girl having a tantrum over being dumped by a boyfriend, the petulant president (known affectionately around here as “Scooter”) told the sycophantic reporters assembled that the Republicans “won’t return my calls”.

So, holding his breath until he turned blue, while jumping up and down and stomping his feet, (my perception, anyway) the Leader of the Regime summoned the Republicans to a Royal Meeting this morning at the Royal Palace…errr…I mean, the White House.

If I was John Boehner, I would have told Scooter that I had already scheduled a golf game. But, I digress…

Here are some official excepts from the Presidential Hissy Fit, courtesy of the Royal Scribes at whitehouse.gov:

…But in the interest of being serious about deficit reduction, I was willing to take a lot of heat from my party — and I spoke to Democratic leaders yesterday, and although they didn’t sign off on a plan, they were willing to engage in serious negotiations, despite a lot of heat from a lot of interest groups around the country, in order to make sure that we actually dealt with this problem.

It is hard to understand why Speaker Boehner would walk away from this kind of deal. And, frankly, if you look at commentary out there, there are a lot of Republicans that are puzzled as to why it couldn’t get done. In fact, there are a lot of Republican voters out there who are puzzled as to why it couldn’t get done. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority of the American people believe we should have a balanced approach.

Bull.

Now, if you do not have any revenues (TAXES!, YOU PREVARICATOR!), as the most recent Republican plan that’s been put forward both in the House and the Senate proposed, if you have no revenues (TAXES!) at all, what that means is more of a burden on seniors, more drastic cuts to education, more drastic cuts to research, a bigger burden on services that are going to middle-class families all across the country. And it essentially asks nothing of corporate jet owners, it asks nothing of oil and gas companies, it asks nothing from folks like me who’ve done extremely well and can afford to do a little bit more.

In other words, if you don’t have revenue (TAXES!), the entire thing ends up being tilted on the backs of the poor and middle-class families. And the majority of Americans don’t agree on that approach.

And I think that one of the questions that the Republican Party is going to have to ask itself is can they say yes to anything? Can they say yes to anything? I mean, keep in mind it’s the Republican Party that has said that the single most important thing facing our country is deficits and debts. We’ve now put forward a package that would significantly cut deficits and debt. It would be the biggest debt reduction package that we’ve seen in a very long time.

…And so the question is, what can you say yes to? Now, if their only answer is what they’ve presented, which is a package that would effectively require massive cuts to Social Security, to Medicare, to domestic spending, with no revenues (TAXES!) whatsoever, not asking anything from the wealthiest in this country or corporations that have been making record profits — if that’s their only answer, then it’s going to be pretty difficult for us to figure out where to go. Because the fact of the matter is that’s what the American people are looking for, is some compromise, some willingness to put partisanship aside, some willingness to ignore talk radio or ignore activists in our respective bases, and do the right thing.

Not getting your way, are you, Scooter?

…And for us not to be keeping those folks in mind every single day when we’re up here, for us to be more worried about what some funder says, or some talk radio show host says, or what some columnist says, or what pledge we signed back when we were trying to run, or worrying about having a primary fight — for us to be thinking in those terms instead of thinking about those folks is inexcusable.

I mean, the American people are just desperate for folks who are willing to put aside politics just for a minute and try to get some stuff done.

No, Mr. President.  We’re desperate for an American President who cares more about his country and its citizens that his own personal agenda involving the advancement of a failed Socialist Ideology.

So when Norah asked or somebody else asked why was I willing to go along with a deal that wasn’t optimal from my perspective, it was because even if I didn’t think the deal was perfect, at least it would show that this place is serious, that we’re willing to take on our responsibilities even when it’s tough, that we’re willing to step up even when the folks who helped get us elected may disagree.

And at some point, I think if you want to be a leader, then you got to lead.

Mr. President, you showed America on National Television yesterday, that you are a long way from reaching that point.