Remember back when you had a conservative Republican in office, you could at least count on them not to tank the economy or drive the nation into even deeper debt? Yeah, I have a hard time remembering that too. I mean, Gerald Ford was the last fiscally responsible GOP president we had...and I'm not even sure about his numbers. Let's put it this way, the last time the Republican'ts held office with a fiscally responsible leader, I was getting excited about what kindergarten would be like. Seriously, how DO these jerks keep pulling the wool over the eyes of the American people the way they do?
Probably the same way they justify illegal wars, shredding the Bill of Rights, and turning the country over to big business and Talibangelicals.
Here's some recent financial news for you to chew on so you can see where I'm coming from.
The GOP-controlled Senate has to raise the nation's debt ceiling to cover the cost of Bush's "budgets". In case you are playing along at home, the current level is $8.2 TRILLION, which is over $3 trillion more than what it was when Bush entered office, and they have to raise it ANOTHER $781 billion. Fiscal conservatives, my ass.
But hey, Bush doesn't raise taxes, right? That's a good thing you argue. Well sure, if he was honest about not taking income from Americans, you'd have a point. But you're wrong. Bush has decided to increase fees on American citizens, to the tune of $47 billion a year.
Meanwhile, Republicans are behaving true to form lately, whipping out the race (and gay, feminist, et al) card in an election campaign in North Carolina (video here). And hell, this guy is an African-American. Talk about a case of self-loathing. Another self-loather is behind an email spread across Colorado by a GOP state congressman. In it, it apologizes for Bush's failures to confront the effects of Hurricane Katrina with the following statement: "President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks." Um, yeah, that was the entire problem. Idiot.
Actually, here's some video of what Bush heard and, more importantly, said before the hurricane hit. This, of course, was before he ran off to eat cake with McCain and picked a guitar while New Orleans sank.
In the Late to the Party category, Sandra Day O'Connor has ripped the Bushites and other GOP scum for setting the beginnings of a dictatorship. Gee, maybe you should have thought of that BEFORE illegally making him the winner of the 2000 election, Sandy.
Instead of working on such things as ethics and, possibly, actually protecting America instead of just saying you'll get around to it, the White House is working on...containing leaks. God forbid they actually stop lying about something. No, let's just make sure no one tells the lies. Real convenient. But, let's face it. Rumsfeld helped make Saddam into the monster he became. Cheney shoots his friends and gives the government to his business cronies, and Bush holds hands with the villians who fund Al Qaeda and has the nerve to call anyone who disagrees with him a traitor. If I were THAT DAMNED CORRUPT, I'd focus on getting rid of whistleblowers too.
They aren't the only ones. The guy who blew the whistle of Diebold's faulty software, which caused them to be decertified in California, is being charged with multiple felonies and being sued by his former employer. So much for rewarding those who do good deeds.
Oh hey. Been paying off some bills tonight and I was reminded of another genius result of the Global War on Terroristic Heathenites Who Scareted Da Prezident And Made Him Wee-wee a Bit in His Pants. This couple in Rhode Island decided to pay off their JC Penney credit card and made a big payment - over $6,000 - in the interests of getting their credit in order. You'd think that's a good thing, right? Being fiscally responsible? An example for others to follow some would say. Nope. Homeland Security flagged the huge payment and rang up the Soehnge couple as suspected terrorists. Apparently, having good credit makes you a tool of Osama bin Laden. Which would explain Bush's budgets every year I suppose. He'll not be mistaken for fiscally responsible, that's for sure.
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