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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Repeating The Lie

They always repeat the same complaints:  the national debt, budget deficits, fiscal cliffs, sequestration, economic recession, unemployment, kicking the can down the road, too big to fail, bailouts, health care costs, and our supposed spending problem.

Who are they?  Republicans, of course.  And who do they blame for all fiscal problems?  Democrats, of course.  Those terrible "tax-and-spend liberals," it's all their fault.

Well, no, it's not.  That's because for the last ten Congresses going back to 1995, Republicans have been in the majority most of the time.  The GOP has controlled the House for 16 of the last 18 years, and the Senate for 14 of the last 18.

So don't buy the lie!  Their bitch list is a thing of their own making, the residue of their own design.

Republicans would do well to look in the mirror and contemplate the message of Walt Kelly's Pogo: 


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  1. Joe ToddFebruary 18, 2013 at 3:24 AM

    Republicans can't look in a mirror when their heads are buried in the sand..LOL Several great posts.Thanks

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