Democratic Hypocrisy and the Debt Limit

I just love how Democrats and their progressive fellow travelers accuse Republicans of rank partisanship it the debt crisis. You see, Democrats have never shied away from playing politics with the debt limit.

Between 2000 and 2010, the Senate passed 10 increases to the debt limit. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) opposed raising the limit whenever Republicans controlled the Senate, but supported it whenever Democrats were in the majority.

Guess what other Democratic pol also played partisan games with the debt limit. How about Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois)? There were four votes raising the debt limit during his brief tenure in the Senate. He missed two of the votes, supported it when Democrats were in the majority and opposed it when Republicans ruled, stating that it was a "failure of leadership.

Byron York has more on the Democrats hypocritical record of putting partisan politics before country.

The ‘What A Maroon’ Award

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for ... This week's “What A Maroon” award goes to...

SEN. BARBARA BOXER

The senator is outraged, outraged that dastardly Republicans are even thinking about trimming the bloated federal budget. The GOP, the left-wing Democrat shrilly asserts in her own special way, is on a “V-E-N-D-E-T-T-A”!

That’s right, a vendetta, a “vendetta against health care” and a “vendetta against clean energy.” But there was even worse to come, as she made the most frightening accusation of all — Republicans, she said, have a “vendetta against Elmo.”

Elmo’s afraid!

True, House Republicans did vote to defund public broadcasting, although it’s blatantly left-wing bias probably had more to do with it than a kid’s show. But the good senator has always been adept at demonizing her opponents and skirting inconvenient truths.

“Vendetta against Elmo,” indeed!

WHAT A MAROON!

In honor of the great American philosopher Bugs Bunny who first coined the phrase, I’ve decided to present the “What A Maroon” award each week to the politician, organization or celebrity who makes the most sand-poundingly stupid statement of recent days.

Attention, Democrats!

The foolish voters have rejected your message and put Republicans in power. What's a good, left-wing, progressive lawmaker to do when you can't pass legislation favoring your special interest groups, or worse when there's pending legislation mandating that your friends in organized labor should pay their fair share for their own health care coverage and pensions?

Sometimes, you just have to get away from it all, especially if it shuts down government and at least temporarily blocks offending legislation. But where to go?

Ask no more.

Rockford, Illinois, is waiting for you!

The War and the Deficit

One of the favorite claims of progressives is that the war is responsible for the burgeoning deficit.

However, the facts simply don't support that claim, as is illustrated by this chart from CBO data showing the deficit with and without the war expenditure from 2003 to the present.





Note that the deficit continued to decline until the Democrats took over Congress in 2008 and the skyrocketed when Obama assumed the presidency.

For more information, read this article from the American Thinker.

ZOMBIES!!!

Beware! They walk among us!

Sen. Barbara Boxer, Meet Dr. Evil

Obama’s Replacement

Is this the best Illinois Democrats can do? Check out this article in Reason Online.