Bending The Truth

IBD ^ | November 14, 2007

[Kaslin]

Congress: With the war in Iraq backfiring in their faces as a weapon against President Bush, Democrats have turned to Plan B: Bamboozle the taxpayers about the costs of fighting terrorist states.

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Eyebrows were raised early this year when the Senate's chief Democratic fundraiser, Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, was made chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) — a panel on which he wasn't even a member.

The suspicion was that Schumer would scrap the JEC's serious economic analysis and make it his own political tool that plays fast and loose with numbers. That speculation became a reality Tuesday, as Schumer's JEC issued an outlandish report contending the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts would end up costing $3.5 trillion.

In a press conference that featured Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who spoke for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Schumer noted the JEC Democratic staff "labored long and hard" on the report.

In truth, they seem to have slapped it together in time for Schumer and Reid to unveil the report's "findings" the week of anti-Iraq War votes in both the Senate and House that were doomed to fail.

[goldstategop]

The Democrats think it costs too much to protect our national security. Double dumb ass on them! They should tell that to 3,000 dead Americans. The Party Of 9/10 has NO business telling us its not worth every dollar spent and then some to keep us all safe.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[elephantlips]

Schumer was heard to say: “We may be conquered by our enemies and have our sovereignty trashed but, by god, we’ll do it under budget!”