Daily Archives: February 1, 2009

Republican hypocrisy … or …

Governor Jim Douglas looks really serious

Quotes come from GOP governors press Congress to pass stimulus bill, Yahoo News, 01/31/09 … please … you gotta see our Republican guv in action!

Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama’s economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.

Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama’s spending priorities.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, planned to meet in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state’s share of the package.

I do know our own “Jumpin’ fer dollars” Jim is a big fan of the economic policies that have helped to destroy our nation’s economy; drive down lower and middle class wages; eliminate benefits; keep medical care away from the undeserving poor; trash our only source of food, water, air and shelter (aka the physical environment); and more … I’d like to know how all these other “gimmee my monee” guvs felt about the bushies and their Republican cohorts in DC … I imagine much the same.