Republicans: Feckless or Full of It?
By Anthony | October 26th, 2005 | 10:11 amNo, rank-and-file Republicans, I’m not talking about you, but rather your leaders at the federal level. Via Chewie it seems that some bloggers were invited to meet with House Republicans at the Capitol, where they were to discuss “the House Republican record of successful economic policies, their commitment to fiscal responsibility, and the details of the historic proposed budget amendment that is expected to reach the floor later this week”. According to one of the bloggers there:
We’ve been advised not to believe the liberal spin in the media about spending… ‘This Republican majority, with no help from the other side’ has fought against spending.
Since the debt, deficit, and our spending keeps rising this would seem to leave two options: Either the Republicans making the above statement are full of it, and being less than honest about the situation, or they are ineffective at governing, being unable to accomplish their stated goals while controling two out of three branches of our government. Either way, it doesn’t reflect very positively on them.
October 26th, 2005 at 4:07 pm
I’m afraid I have to agree with you on this. The record of the Republicans on spending is indefensible. They have been playing defense, avoiding criticism of unpopular spending reductions while basking in the political glory of irresponsible expenditures.
October 26th, 2005 at 10:49 pm
Hey, I knew we’d agree on something eventually.
I’ve heard it said that balancing the branches of government — i.e. Democrats holding the Presidency while Republicans control the Legislature, or vice-versa — is a good way to keep things like spending in check. This kind of makes me wonder if there’s some merit to that.
October 29th, 2005 at 4:56 pm
both. this administration is criminal with their spending.