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Republicans are great campaigners and not so great policy makers.
For the past year and half, Republicans have done little else but urgently demand that the federal government drastically cut spending to reduce the deficit. However, like much of the rest of their agenda, Republicans have been remarkably vague on what they would actually cut.
In interview after interview, journalists have pushed, and even begged, GOP leaders for specifics, always to no avail. When pressed, they hem and haw, often appearing uncomfortable — and in the case of Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH), visibly angry — but can offer nothing more than cop-out answers like repealing unsent stimulus money or an “across the board” cut on all spending. ThinkProgress has compiled some of the more embarrassing of these moments.
The video features, respectively, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ), California GOP Senate nominee Carly Fiorina, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. John Boozman (R-AR), Gregg, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-AZ). This represents a large portion of the GOP leadership, but there are countless other examples as well.
Fiscal conservatives and tea party activists had been hoping that the House GOP’s recently released “Pledge to America” would finally offer specifics on major government cuts — they were almost universally disappointed. After racking up huge deficits under President Bush, Republicans still have no idea — or perhaps desire — to get spending under control.
Republicans are great campaigners and not so great policy makers.
I can't believe that Democrats aren't doing a better job of calling out 'conservative' and tea bagger candidates on this issue....let's see the cuts..
tea baggers are morons
As opposed to democrats who are ??????????????????
Repeal Obamacare.
Sell GM.
Stop spending borrowed stimulus money.
Shutter about 2/3rds of the federal government beginning with the Department of Education.
Ins ute the Fair Tax and shut down the IRS.
Cut Obama's golfing allowance and Mic e's travel itinerary.
There's a bout a trillion in savings...
Not very good policy makers?
I know that you see this as all zero sum. I think they both suck.
Is there even any money appropriated to that health care reform?
Selling GM is not a budget cut.
Shuttering 2/3 of the government is the exact type of vagueness he is talking about. You say we just shut down the entire department of education?
The presidential spending budget is trivial and nothing more than political bull with no real bearing on fiscal policy.
Department of Education is doing no good
getting rid of that
making parents teach kids at home would be better
kids would learn more
it is proven homeschool gets are smarter then pubic school kids
Repugs want to do away with the Dept. of Education because that would make for a more stupid, uneducated citizenry. This in turn would lead to more people joining the GOP.
Additionally, the repugs would also like to repeal the 14th Amendment not for any noble, historic reason, but for the simple fact that if you deny certain ethnic groups citizenship they cannot become Democrats.
The fact is Hispanics will be a majority in this country in maybe 50 years and there is nothing the hateful, bigoted tea party or the rest of the GOP can do about it.
I guess that makes you the ing epitome of a public school product. So get your gump ass parents to teach you the difference between 'kids' and 'gets' (wtf) and 'then' and 'than'.
Jesus Christ, you teabag ing re s are so crazy and stupid.
Words don't exist to convey what morons you people are.
Repugs
Tea baggers
I love how liberals have to make up insulting names.. it's cute
Do you have a legitimate point to make or do you just like poking fun at other poster's terminology.
Repugs won't name specific cuts because every cut hurts votes. They intend to cut/private Social Security, but they won't put it in their bull , thoroughly dishonest "pledge" because they learned from dubya's fiasco that people don't want Wall St raping their retirement savings along with all the other raping Wall St does.
btw, the entire "out of control" "vastly increased spending" by the Dems is a total Repug/tea bagger lie. Name the specific, structural spending the Dems have increased. You can't.
In fact, there's nothing true or accurate about anything in the Repugs bull . It's pure demagoguery and rabble rousing.
Teabaggers, "Christians", and other such loser, ignorant rabble are getting duped and played as well as financed by the VRWC.
I found one!!
GOP Senate Candidate Mark Kirk Says He Backs ‘Across The Board Reductions’ In Defense Spending
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/13/...ense-spending/
Of course, he's not yet elected, and would be only one of a couple 100 Repug Congress critters.
That's because democrats don't have a plan either.
I was in Northwestern Arizona last weekend. Let me remind you again how much I hate you for getting to live with that fantastic scenery.
I guess that makes you the ing epitome of a public school product. So get your gump ass parents to teach you the difference between 'kids' and 'gets' (wtf) and 'then' and 'than'.
Jesus Christ, you teabag ing re s are so crazy and stupid.
Words don't exist to convey what morons you people are.
Since it's you people's claim that govt spending is "out of control" under Magic Negro, please list the specific NEW increments of structural spending.
The entire budget is useless, which is par for you people.
See budget. It's in there.
So, you CAN'T list the NEW structural spending.
Figures, it's all Repug/tea bagger campaign slander and bull .
I can and I have. It's in the budget. Line by line. Every increase in spending over Bush's last budget are in there. It's not my fault that you're deliberately going out of your way to avoid acknowledging it.
I think it is dumb on both sides. Tell me you haven't seen lib s.
you people are making the claims, you substantiate, not me.
What's the percentage increase TOTAL.
How does it compare with dubya doubling the deficit from $5T to $10T DURING a housing/commodity bubble and increasing GDP and large corporate profits?
When Clinton had the economy expanding, he was able to use increased tax revenues to pay down the national debt.
I have. See budget.
See budget.What's the percentage increase TOTAL.
It took Bush 8 years to run up an additional $5T of debt. Obama will do it in 3.How does it compare with dubya doubling the deficit from $5T to $10T DURING a housing/commodity bubble and increasing GDP and large corporate profits?
Something for which I have commended Clinton on numerous occasions.When Clinton had the economy expanding, he was able to use increased tax revenues to pay down the national debt.
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