Pardon me while I yawn. ------------------------------------------- Three pages of whining does not a yawn make.
Too funny Try to recall republicans help both houses for 12 years. You just lasted four, and the senate is a GOP gimme in 2012. Some yawn On Nov 8, 8:28 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > "Oh, Republicans made promises. They issued the "Contract with America." They > talked about reducing government. They preached the gospel of free markets. > They used libertarian rhetoric. But then they did nothing to meaningfully > reduce the size and scope of government. > "Fast forward to 2010. Republicans have made their promises. They have issued > their "Pledge to America." They have talked about reducing government. They > have preached the gospel of free markets. They have used libertarian > rhetoric. And once again they will do nothing to meaningfully reduce the size > and scope of government."Republican Déjà Vuby Laurence M. VanceSo, the > Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives in the midterm > elections and gained sixseats in the Senate. If you remember, or care, > Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate for the last two years > of George W. Bush’s disastrous presidency and suffered even more defeats in > the 2008 election. The Republican margin of victory in the House in this > election was the largest shift in power since the Democrats won a 91-seat > majority 1948. > Pardon me while I yawn. > I remember all too well in 1994 when the Republicans regained control of not > only the House, but the Senate as well. I remember sitting in my car and > anxiously listening to Rush Limbaugh’s first radio show after the election. I > remember speaking with my Republican congressman at the time on a local > call-in radio talk show. I asked him when the new Republican-controlled > Congress would begin repealing some of the legislation passed during the > first two years of Clinton’s reign. The congressman told me he would have to > stand in line to introduce such legislation because of everything the > Republicans had planned. > Republicans managed to stay in power throughout the rest of Clinton’s > presidency. But what did we get for it? Did Republicans repeal the Family and > Medical Leave Act? Did they eliminate foreign aid? Did they repeal the Brady > Handgun Violence Prevention Act? Did they lower overall federal spending? Did > they repeal the Motor Voter Act? Did they eliminate any substantial business > regulations? Did they repeal the Violence Against Women Act? Did they cut > Social Security and Medicare? Did they repeal the Earned Income Credit? Did > they eliminate any federal agencies or programs? Did they repeal any > significant pieces of legislation passed during any previous administration? > Did they shrink the U.S. empire? > Oh, Republicans made promises. They issued the "Contract with America." They > talked about reducing government. They preached the gospel of free markets. > They used libertarian rhetoric. But then they did nothing to meaningfully > reduce the size and scope of government. > Fast forward to 2010. Republicans have made their promises. They have issued > their "Pledge to America." They have talked about reducing government. They > have preached the gospel of free markets. They have used libertarian > rhetoric. And once again they will do nothing to meaningfully reduce the size > and scope of government. > Oh, but Republicans are going to repeal Obamacare. Yea, and replace it > withRepublicancare. If Republicans are so concerned about socialized medicine > and government takeovers of health care, then why haven’t they tried to > repeal Medicare? Is it not socialized medicine? Is it not a government > takeover of health care? But not only do Republicans accept the legitimacy of > Medicare, they added to it aprescription drug plan. And now they propose in > their Pledge to "support Medicare for seniors," even criticizing Obamacare > for cutting Medicare. > I am suffering from Republican Déjà Vu. When I look at Republicans in 2010 – > the year they issued their "Pledge to America" and won big in a midterm > election – I hear them uttering the same lies about fiscal responsibility and > a smaller, less intrusive government that they did in 1994 – the year they > issued their "Contract with America" and won big in a midterm election. When > I write about Republicans I feel as though I could just take something I > wrote fifteen years ago and change the date and some names and it would sound > like I wrote it yesterday. > While doing some remodeling recently, I discovered in my files some > long-forgotten letters to the editor about the Republicans I had written in > 1994 and 1995 that were published in the conservative weeklyHuman Events. > I am reproducing them here exactly as they appeared. I have given the dates > of publication in parentheses. The titles and material in brackets were > supplied byHuman Events.King Commission Funding Proves Phillips Correct (July > 1994)I was outraged to read in your June 3 issue (see "Senate Votes Millions > for King Commission," page 4) about the support of Bob Dole and Jack Kemp for > the funding of the Martin Luther King Holiday Commission. The apostate > Republicans who were afraid to stand up to the NAACP and the Congressional > Black Caucus for fear of being called racist should join the Democratic Party > where they belong.After almost unanimously confirming all of Clinton’s > radical appointments, including Janet Reno, I didn’t think the Republicans > could do any worse until reading about the King holiday commission.It is also > interesting that in the same issue, Howard Phillips, chairman of the > Conservative Caucus, exposed the GOP for being full of "Big Government" > conservatives (see page 12). Although certainly better than Slick Willie, a > vote for Republicans like Dole and Kemp is a vote for four more years of > George Bush.What’s Conservative About Foreign Aid? (November 1994)Although I > was not surprised, I was nevertheless still appalled at the passage of the > Foreign Aid Appropriations bill (HR 4426). But I was even more incensed to > see in your August 19 issue [see HUMAN EVENTS rollcall, page 23] that > Republicans like Representatives Bob Dornan (Calif.), Newt Gingrich (Ga.), > Bill McCollum (Fla.) and other conservatives would vote to spend the > taxpayers’ money in such a reckless manner. Let any basket-case foreign > country send out an appeal for funds to the American people and they wouldn’t > receive enough money to pay for the postage. Leave it to the U.S. Congress, > however, to dole out the hard-earned money confiscated from the American > people.If any member of Congress or any U.S. citizen desire to enrich another > country instead of investing in his own, let him be the first to write out a > personal check. Foreign aid is the most obscene waste of the taxpayers’ money > in history. The Republican "Contract with America" should include a provision > to immediately eliminate all foreign aid. Anything less is just business as > usual for what [nationally syndicated columnist] Samuel Francis calls the > Stupid Party.Why is GOP Leaving Liberal Statism Intact? (April 1995)The > Republicans are celebrating their first 100 days in power. But what have they > actually done? Trumpeting how their block grants to the states will result in > more dollars for school lunch programs instead of abolishing the program > altogether is a typical example.Where are the bills on Clinton’s desk to > repeal the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Clean Air Act of > 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and the Family and Medical Leave Act of > 1993? Why isn’t there legislation piled to the ceiling on Clinton’s desk to > repeal CAFE standards, the freon ban, the Brady Bill, and all other statist > legislation?Every bill that Clinton vetoes will be another nail in his coffin > at election time, if the Democrats don’t drop him first. And furthermore, if > House Speaker Newt Gingrich desires to be a conservative leader, then perhaps > he should publicly repent for voting for the Americans with Disabilities Act, > congressional pay raises and bouncing checks at the House bank.What > Republican Revolution? (October 1995)Donald Lambro’s article about the > Republican budget that appeared in the August 25 issue of HUMAN EVENTS > inadvertently exposes the failure of the Republican revolution. According to > Lambro, "government spending is still going to grow in the years to come, up > to nearly $2 trillion by the beginning of the next century." Instead of > eliminating failed liberal programs like Medicaid, Medicare and welfare, the > Republicans want to increase spending on Medicaid by $329 billion, Medicare > by $675 billion and welfare by $346 billion. The Republicans are actually > bragging about how they plan to increase the transfer of even more taxpayer > dollars to those on the federal dole. In the same issue of HUMAN EVENTS, it > was also reported that the House rejected cuts in the NEA and CPB. In > addition to this, our troops are still overseas, foreign aid is still on the > rise and the power of the FBI, BATF, OSHA, EPA, and FEMA is still increasing. > The Republican revolution will do down in history as the revolution that > wasn’t.Two things should be abundantly clear: Republicans haven’t changed and > my basic criticisms of Republicans haven’t changed. Yet, in the recent > election, millions of conservatives went to the polls hoping, and millions of > Christians went to the polls praying, that perhaps this time the Republicans > would not betray and disappoint them. Let’s hope and pray they didn’t hold > their breath. > The Republican Party cannot be reformed. As theparty of Lincoln, it was > doomed from the beginning. It is the party ofwar,plunder,big > government,hypocrisy, andcrony > capitalism.http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance215.html -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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