Great Excerpt from Paulson Book

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Riot

Rachel Maddow had a deal on today where she listed GOP Senator and Congressman, one after the other, who voted no to the stimulus package, calling it terrible for America - who then took credit in their districts for the stimulus funds they received, saying how many jobs it would produce, how wonderful the stimulus was, etc.

I have no respect at all left for the GOP. In the world of political spin, putting their own self-interest above country, they have set the all-time new low.

KRIM, anyone?

[Patrick333]

It's not the GOP that's the problem. The Dems have a huge majority in the House and the Senate. And you can't get anything done. Keep blaming the GOP for everything, because at the rate your going that majority will get smaller and smaller.

[Danzig]

it's not the gop. it's not the dems. it's both. it's the lack of term limits, the sense of entitlement, the lobbyists, the lack of finanacial restraint, the sense that the money won't end, so spend, spend, spend. each blames the other, but they both engage in the same activities and behavior. all they worry about is themselves, and getting re-elected. each cries for bi-partisanship when the other holds the majority. each tells the other to sit back and take it, because they are in the minority. it's doing for party instead of country.
when anyone points the finger at one pol, i laugh because they always tend to defend 'their guy' when he does the same thing! how great the sin when someone else commits it. when the shoe is on the other foot, we hear but 'so and so does it more'. the other side is at fault. but each side is always 'the other side'!!!
and we do our thing while the govt does theirs-with our money. the funniest thing tho, is when i read from someone that they trust one of our officials. you can't trust any of them. they aren't there for us, they're there for themselves!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Patrick333

It's not the GOP that's the problem. The Dems have a huge majority in the House and the Senate. And you can't get anything done. Keep blaming the GOP for everything, because at the rate your going that majority will get smaller and smaller.

I've also blamed the Dems for being whoosies. Happy now?

And yes, the GOP is a major problem - please name one important item they've bothered to vote other than a block of no upon. What they are doing is unprecedented fillibuster abuse.