Why the Republicans Will Be A Minority For A While Longer
Here, in two stories, is everything that’s wrong with the Republican party.
Story the First, wherein Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivers a good scolding to Congress for its profligate spending in the Age of Obama.
“In just 50 days, Congress has voted to spend about $1.2 trillion between the Stimulus and the Omnibus,” McConnell says. “To put that in perspective, that’s about $24 billion a day, or about $1 billion an hour—most of it borrowed. There’s simply no question: government spending has spun out of control.”
Nicely done, Senator. A fine criticism.
Now next time try doing it without the stink of hypocrisy all over you.
Here’s a breakdown of the top 20 earmarking senators and the value of their solo earmarks:
9) Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. — $51,186,000
There you go, folks. The Republican Party will never, ever regain the majority so long as people like Mitch McConnell feel comfortable criticizing “out of control” a day after pulling down over $50 million dollars worth of our money that he’ll use back home to buy himself a few more votes.
Hypocrisy, just like this, is what put Republicans in the minority. You can not make any claim to wanting limited government while sneaking in a few earmarks, which are that complete antithesis of limited government. You can’t talk out of both sides of your mouth and expect people to continue to listen to you.
And it’s not just McConnell, though he’s the one who choked down his conscience long enough to deliver that quote. Richard Shelby, Thad Cochrane, and Jim Inhofe are supposed to be conservatives. They know better than this but, for some reason, they got the idea that they could get away this.
It’s up to us to remind them that they can’t.
Other Posts of Interest:
- Time to Replace the Redistributionist Republican Leadership
- Mitch McConnell, the Democrats’ Best Buddy (Update: BOHICA!)
- Our Economic Groundhog Day
Category: The Economy and Your Money, The Republican Minority
Fortunately for the Republicans the biggest hypocrite, or if not hypocritical, then just an outright liar, is the one seated in the oval office. The failures of policies and administration will catch up with failed promises and lies long before the 2010 elections.
The honeymoon is soon over and not even the msm will be able cover the steaming pile of failure.
I didn't know about the particulars. I knew some of the repubs had earmarks in the bill, and I thought at the time how hypocritical it was for them to admonish the dems when they were just as guilty. Politicians seem to have no shame do they?