So here in Vermont, we’ve got Bruce Lisman nattering about “transparency” from his completely opaque duck-blind of a 501c4, and Vermonters for Health Care Freedom whining about how we won’t learn details of Governor Shumlin’s health care plan until after the November election. In the words of VHCF’s TV ad, “It’s not fair, and it’s not right.”
Okay, you want transparency and openness. You want to know the details of a politician’s major policy initiatives before you have to cast your vote. Fair enough. Let’s look at two top national Republicans: their “budget guru” and their likely Presidential nominee.
Appearing on two Sunday talk shows, the GOP’s top budget guru Rep. Paul Ryan promised to close enough loopholes to pay for the large tax cuts in his budget blueprint unveiled last week – but he repeatedly refused to specify any.
And Mitt Romney:
Mitt Romney has made big promises to reform Washington, but his proposals have mostly lacked specifics. In a recently published interview with the conservative Weekly Standard, Romney explained why his promises to cut federal spending by slashing government programs and even whole agencies lack detail: it’s too politically risky.
…Romney’s hesitance to get specific isn’t uncharacteristic. The former Massachusetts governor has a tax plan that, in his own words, “can’t be scored” because it lacks the details that would allow the plan to be critically evaluated.
…On the foreign policy front, Romney has criticized President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy but said he won’t put forward a plan until he hears from generals on the ground.
Wow, talk about your complete lack of transparency! I’m sure Bruce Lisman, Jeff Wennberg, Darcie Johnston, and any other Vermont conservative who’s complained about the lack of detail in Governor Shumlin’s plan will stick to their principles, and refuse to support irresponsible politicians like Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney.
At least I hope so. Otherwise, they’re all big fat steaming piles of hypocrisy.
Yes they are:
“they’re all big fat steaming piles of hypocrisy.”
Look at the stupid comments by Gingrich and Santorum about Obama’s comments on Trayvon Martin. Gingrich was the worst. And Romney didn’t go there. The National Republican Party ought to have a fund to cover lawsuits these idiots are eventually going to be slapped with. Their comments were an insult to our entire black population, and to all those who suffer through the violence that the money-grubbing Republican
rich inflict on our most vulnerable people. So bad. War on Women, War on the Poor, and now War on Words meant to shed light on a violent tragedy. As a guy named Welch once said: “At long last, have you no decency.”