All the debate, name calling, insults and BS around Washington….the deficit, debt, DADT, abortion, public radio and the issues that divide and conquer…..the people that talk about the gridlock and all the hyper-partisanship and they inevitably think back to the mid and late 90’s….people like Mark Sanford (although he has been pretty quiet since is hiking debacle), Steve Largent, Tom Coburn and especially Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, has been the most proud of his time in the House and their accomplishments…..

To listen to these guys we would assume that they saved the world from a fiery end…..they point to welfare reform, tax cuts, balanced budget, repeal of Glass-Steagall,  etc……….I will admit that the balanced budget was pretty cool….but that is where any pride in their accomplishments ends.

Sorry guys, but nothing you did helped.  Your pride in welfare reform did NOTHING to help out with poverty….NAFTA ruin our economy sent millions of jobs overseas……tax cuts helped put the budget into a deficit…..and the repeal of Glass-Steagall allow the gambling by banks that have ruined the US economy….so please, tell us again just how damn proud you are of your time in Congress and the accomplishments that you have given the people.

The sad part is that there are many Americans that buy into this reactionary look at history…..the GOP revolt of the 90’s did nothing to help this country in the future ….anything they accomplished was NOTHING more that the typical short term fix and watching that damn can roll done that dismal road……PERIOD!

These people love to point to the “amnesia” by the Dems on the Iraq War and totally ignore their “amnesia” when it comes to the economy….by them I am talking about those “PROUD” Repubs from the so-called “revolution” in the House in the 1990’s…..

This is why we have a f*cked up system…..it is everybody’s fault but theirs….they were doing the people’s work…..I think that should be changed to….”We were doing the people”……..