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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Utterly shameless
Posted by Jill | 9:39 PM
You know what the worst thing is? It isn't even that the Republicans are such mindblowing hypocrites, or that they were actively complicit in the Bush Administration's willful ruination of a once-great nation by robbing the people they were supposed to serve to stuff the pockets of executives at banks and defense contractors -- and their own.

It's that there are people in this country who are going to fall for this:
Out of power, Republicans appear to be retreating to familiar old ground. They're becoming deficit hawks again.

GOP lawmakers didn't seem to mind enjoying the fruits of government largesse for the past eight years while one of their own was in the White House. Now they're struggling to regain footing at a time of economic rout, a record $1.2 trillion budget deficit and an incoming Democratic president claiming a mandate for change.

It might not be the best time for running against more government spending. But that hasn't stopped Republicans from casting themselves as protectors of the public purse, striving for relevancy as Congress tackles President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus legislation.

"Congress cannot keep writing checks and simply pass IOUs to our children and grandchildren," says Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Asks House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio: "How much debt are we going to pile on future generations?"

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Blogger D. said...
My, my.

They were happy enough to write endless checks for that unnecessary war, though.

They cheerfully threw money that did not have to be accounted for at financial institutions which were already tossing money away.

And I'll bet they will of course vote raises for themselves.

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1/11/09, 10:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
We have to keep writing the papers, all media and keep reminding the Village IDIOTS about this. Maybe write the Repugs too and keep asking them about it. Maybe the letters will be tossed out but we have to keep up the drumbeat that WE KNOW what hypocrites they are.

PurpleGirl
1/11/09, 11:54 PM  
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