You see, with sam w and others, it's not about right or wrong, it's about left or right. They and their ilk showed no anger when the dems do this very same thing, but are outraged when the right does it. It's either wrong all the time, or it's OK all the time. You don't get to be selective in your outrage if you want anyone to take you seriously.
I was pissed when Bush signed TARP. I was pissed when Obama signed the Stimulus bill. I've been angry about government bailouts no matter who is doing it, and I'm far from alone in this. I was pissed when the repubs spent like sailors in a whorehouse. I am pissed that the dems are spending at a rate far greater than sailors in a whorehouse. I am consistent in my outrage. Others are not.
Right or wrong? Left or right? Hello? Oh wait...
here it is:
Now, if you wish to bring up a separate issue of liberals disrupting town halls this week, please do post. But before you do, allow me to say this for the record. I do not accept this tactic to be used PERIOD. This is NOT discussion, but rather a suppression of discussion. Thus, I am against it. So if you do have some evidence of Liberals doing this, then please do post.
You know this tactic of yours is annoying, well that is the kindest way I can put it I guess. Annoying. Dishonest, I can use that one as well. Disingenuous? Yep, that would work perfectly also.
For someone who first claimed red herring, I am amazed I can still move around what with all the bleeping red herrings you have been throwing. So fine, we have established clearly what is going on. You want to make claims that the left is disrupting town hall meetings now, please do post evidence or stop lying.
p.s. If you are so consistent in your outrage over government spending, why do you seem to care so little about the fact that under two administrations the national debt has ballooned faster than anyone?
Historical Debt Outstanding – Annual
Ronald Reagan went from $997B (09/30/1981) to $2,857B (09/29/1989)=$2.8 8 years
George H. Bush $2,857B (09/29/1989) to $4,411 (09/30/1993)=$1.5t 4 years
Clinton went from $4,411 (09/30/1993) to $5,807 (09/30/2001)= $1.4t 8 years
George W. Bush $5,807 (09/30/2001) to $10,024 (09/30/2008) $4.2t in 8 years
Not done with George W. Bush though. We still have to add up Medicare's 2003 bill, that is another $1.2 trillion -
Medicare Drug Benefit May Cost $1.2 Trillion
Can we ever forget Iraq? That gift to debt will end up between $3-5 trillion more -
The Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion, and Much More
So, with George W. Bush, we have a President who inherited budget surplus, took into the red almost immediately (no it was not 9/11, look at the budget, it was tax cuts that stimulated jack). Added a debt of $4.2 trillion, + $1.2 trillion more from Medicare in the years to come, and $3-5 trillion for Iraq).
So Obama has inherited a financial meltdown, a budget deficit, and an economy that some thought was on the precipice of a Great Depression. What is the state of the economy today? Well we are now 6 months in emerging from the greatest postwar recession. He has inherited a mess, but if he follows Clinton's path, you should be damn grateful we have a Democrat in office and NOT a Republican wouldn't you say? You are so strongly against government spending, debt and all right? No you are not consistent at all.