Day: March 27, 2009

Hot Damn! A GOP Budget Plan!

Yesterday I was watching the Obama Virtual Town Hall and listening to his answers to the questions that he was asked.  All in all it was a very interesting meeting.  But about 3/4 of the way through the town hall there was a breaking story interruption.

“GOP unveils a budget proposal”.  This caught my attention because for weeks I had been bad mouthing the GOP for their massive criticism with NO alternative offered.  I sat up straight and grabbed my note pad.

The usual suspects took to the mic, Boner, sorry, I mean Boehner, Cantor and the rest of the gang of NO stepped forward and gave their little speech.  And each talked with theor own flowery vocabulary and said basically what the NRCC has told them to say….Obama’s Budget….spends too much…taxes too much and borrows too much.  While none used those exact words….the same thought was there.

They talked and they talked and not once did I hear the “new” proposal…what I heard was the tired old mantras of tax cuts…domestic oil drilling…yada yada.  Basically, it was the typical Obama budget bashing session.  Nothing new.  But then there has been NOTHING new coming from the GOP.

We will have to wait until next Wednesday, when the House GOP presents their “new” proposal on the floor of the House.

I am still trying to figure out just what part of their ramblings would be breaking news….I am thinking that maybe they should have just called it what it was….REDUNDANT NEWS FROM THE GOP.

Jindal Defends Presidential Failure

Much has be written, said and tossed around about the comment that Rush madew when he said he wanted the president to fail.  Dems have used it in their attacks on everything Repubs try to say and the Repubs try to explain it away as meaning something other than the way it was said.

And then along comes Bobby, Jindal that is:

Jindal described the premise of the question — “Do you want the president to fail?” — as the “latest gotcha game” being perpetrated by Democrats against Republicans.

“Make no mistake: Anything other than an immediate and compliant, ‘Why no sir, I don’t want the president to fail,’ is treated as some sort of act of treason, civil disobedience or political obstructionism,” Jindal said at a political fundraiser attended by 1,200 people. “This is political correctness run amok.”

Amok?  Dammit!  That work has been used to death.  I guess it is easier than using a more telling descriptions like lose control or behave violently.  Simple words for simple minds.

But Jindal still, as usual for a conservative speaking made no attempt to tell the audience anything other than some lame ass talking point passed on to him by the NRCC.  As usual, the country means NOTHING to the GOP; it is all about 2012, not the survival of the people.

Oh sorry, I digress, again……then maybe Mr. Jindal could explain just what is meant by the term “I want the president to fail”…to me it is pretty straight forward and easily understood….but apparently I am not up on my politico speak.