Originally Posted by rrroae
Originally Posted by Foxbat


How can you say that when the congressional GOP just voted 100% against the porkulus? And only 3 out of 46 Senators voted for it.

I see far more differences, than common positions.



Because the same GOP that voted against the stimulus were the very ones who voted for the $800 Billion bank bailout when Bush was still in office. They're also the same ones who voted for every single spending increase in the past 8 years that pushed our Debt from $5.7 Trillion to over $11 Trillion.

Remember, earnmarks and pork were at record levels during Bush's presidency. Not until Dems took the House in '06 did Bush actually veto a bill with pork.


How is anyone to believe there's actually a difference here?



BS. The GOP congress caused the first bailout to die. It was only when Pelosi got some blue dog Democrats to come back over that it passed Congress the second time.

There had never been a bill remotely like this when the GOP was in charge of Congress. Not even remotely.

The GOP passed a stimulus in 2001 that contained only tax cuts and tax credit, none of this political payoff and special interest pork. Not to mention it cost 1/10th as much.

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