You’re right, but let’s give credit where credit is due. Bush and a number of Pubbies in Congress got the ball rolling with their $700 billion in wasteful spending back in October.”
Whao, nellie ... bush and the DEMOCRATS in Congress got the ball rolling. That bill was WRITTEN BY CHRIS DODD AND BARNEY FRANK! The Democrats have run Congress since 2007. The dems demanded bipartisan cover for the $700 billion and (too many) Republicans (like McCain) stupidly complied.
“Pubbies can’t criticize Obamanation’s wasteful spending “
YES, WE CAN! the GOP got off the bailout train early, more than half in the House did NOT vote for the 1st bailout, and more defected down the line.
ZERO GOP votes for Obama’s faux massive spending ‘stimulus’ and ZERO GOP votes for the massive $3.5 billion.
GOP opposition to auto bailouts and housing bailouts and the next round of Bailouts Without End.
The october vote did not have a clause that said they were wedded to any and all bailouts going forward.
So even if the other side tries out that argument, its a feeble one. Its one thing to vote for an emergency bailout because you think the global credit system is collapsing, another to vote for $10 TRILLION in new debt over the next 8 years (which the Dems have done).
And passed with the votes of a whole slew of Pubbies.
(“Pubbies can’t criticize Obamanation’s wasteful spending “)YES, WE CAN!
Forgive my parlance. By "Pubbies", I'm not referring to you, I, or anyone else out here in fly-over country. To me, a "Pubbie" is a lilly-livered, liberal Republican elected official, such as the ones who voted to pass Bush's bailout and now fidget nervously whenever the time comes to criticize Obamanation's (non) stimulus bill, because they know their hands are dirty.
I don't know...are you a lilly-livered, liberal Republican elected official? I don't think so, but they and their staffers have been known to haunt this forum.
"ZERO GOP votes for Obama’s faux massive spending ‘stimulus’ and ZERO GOP votes for the massive $3.5 billion."
Well, better late than never, I guess. But I would've loved to have seen their principled stand against runaway spending five years ago, when Bush was spending like a drunk Cav Scout on a 3-day pass. Or last October, when the foundation was being laid for the house of sand our economy's become.
"The october vote did not have a clause that said they were wedded to any and all bailouts going forward."
As if that ever stopped any 'Rat looking for an excuse to spend, spend, spend! It's called a precedent, and last October, the bailout bill set the precedent for the continuing bailouts and (non) stimulus plans, as well as the nation-killing budget that just passed. Where was the principled stand by the GOP in October? The Pubbies in Congress didn't dare vote against the Pubbie-in-Chief, but now that it's a 'Rat in the White House, boy, they're just tripping all over themselves to find a microphone, so they can talk about how they voted against Obamanation's continuation of the crap Bush got the ball rolling on!
We expect the 'Rats to pull this crap...they're the enemy, and they're fighting us using tactics that have been very effective for them in the past. But when our own people stab us in the back, it's far worse...it's treason.
Flippin' cowards...every damn scumbag Pubbie who voted for the bailout last October deserves to be tarred and feathered. Too bad it's not legal.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!