GOP hypocrisy

Headspining Hypocrisy--GOP Stimulus After-Posturing

by: Paul Rosenberg

Sun Feb 15, 2009 at 18:47

In a quick hit, amberglow has unearthed a real gem of a story: "GOP lawmakers tout projects in the stimulus bill they opposed".  I call it "headspinning" because it moves in so many directions at once, like the many-leveled shell of electrons around an atom of a heavy metal.

First, there's the fundamental hypocrisy of taking credit for legislation you voted against.  That's sort of basic, ground-state GOP hypocrisy.  But then there was Don Young's claim of working in a bipartisan manner! On a bill that no Republican voted for!  And Young followed that up by (a) telling MacClatchy he would have inserted earmarks if he could and (b) issuing a later press release blasting the bill as "a vehicle for pet projects."

And that's just the most easily describable stuff.

Head-spinning gory details on the flip.

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