Just say "NO!"

The latest Republican strategy is to turn the blame for Administration failures onto Democrats by accusing them of being "obstructionist" — about judicial appointments, about Social Security changes, about Ethics Committee meetings, just to name the obvious.

They — and too many gullible columnists and talking heads who apparently don't do their own thinking — claim it's a matter of "the Democrats aren't offering any alternatives; all they do is say NO!"

Sure, and cops on the beat are obstructionist, too, as are lifeguards, forest rangers, and those pesky Secret Service people.

The first rule should be that if it ain't broke it don't need fixin'; the corollary is that it may need protection from the "fixers."

When that's the case, Nancy Reagan had it right: Just say no.