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Republican Politics As Usual

Posted on 26. Jan, 2009 by Brad in Politics | Twitter: @bradhart |

We need to make tax cuts permanent, and we need to make a commitment that there'll be no new taxes," Mr. McCain said. Didn't another failed politician say something like that once?

The more things change in Washington, the more the Republican Party thinks they stay the same. In the old days when the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and The White House, they pretty much go their way.  Now that they don’t have either they still think they can pout and get their way.

From The Huffington Post:

Leading Republicans Sunday indicated that they would oppose passage of the stimulus package as it is currently written. While there is bi-partisan acknowledgment that some sort of stimulus package needs to be passed to provide a jolt to the economy, Democrats are attaching a sense of urgency to the situation that Republicans do not seem to share. The economic picture shows no signs of improving, as investors brace for the biggest plunge in GDP in 26 years.

While this is not surprising, especially John McCain’s bitter old man spiel over the whole thing, it is laughable that they think they can do anything about it.  Can they filibuster it in the senate?  Sure, they can try, but the leaderships assurance of pissed off rank and file republican members going along with what ever the leadership says shows just how delusional and out of touch with real people the leadership is.  Before the Republican gnash their terrible teeth, maybe they ought to check with Wasilla Main Street and ask if they want a stimulus plan passed.  it might be just me, but I am pretty sure even fervent Sarah Palin supporters want a plan passed now, not six or seven months from now when they go from living on Main Street to living in Homeless Shelter somewhere down town.

“Right now, given the concerns that we have over the size of this package and all of the spending in this package, we don’t think it’s going to work,” the House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And so if it’s the plan that I see today, put me down in the no column.”

Boehner warned that many rank-and-file Republicans had the same sentiments.

With Ohio being one of the hardest hit states when it comes to unemployment John Boenher want congress to give rich people more tax cuts. on top of what they are already getting.  I hope the people of his district remember this when it comes time for him to run for reelection.  He has said no to a plan that actually would bring jobs to Ohio.  Why, Congressman Boener would you do such a thing?  Oh I forgot , you are a World Class Douche Bag who cares very little for the people of his district much less state, unless they are wealthy and politically powerful.

It wasn’t just GOP politicians who took to the airwaves to criticize the stimulus plan. Leading Republican intellectuals offered their own, much more pointed, critiques.

This is where the real laughable bit of the article comes into play.  The Republican Party doesn’t have intellectuals, they have loud mouth demagogues who are as likely to bash a Democratic sponsored bill simply because the Democrats came up with it as they are to promote Intelligent Design because God called on them to do so.  There is a train coming into the station and I can’t wait for these people to stand on the tracks and think they will stop it by running their mouths.

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