Monday, February 23, 2009

The Washington Mall after Obama's followers listened to him speak about the New Era of Personal Responsibility




Big Lie No. 1: The Emergency
They told us that the country is in such a dire situation that it was an emergency. The bill was not an emergency measure. This was a ruse. They falsely claimed it was an emergency bill to cut off all debate.
The lie about the urgency was made clear when President Obama, rather than immediately signing the bill, went on vacation to celebrate Valentine’s Day with his wife in Chicago. Amazingly he had been in Washington less than a month before he took his first vacation! In fact, Obama took almost four days to sign this “urgent” bill.

Big Lie No. 2: Immediate Stimulus
And then there is Big Lie No. 2: The bill offered immediate help to our ailing economy. The truth: The bill does not offer significant, immediate stimulus. Most of the stimulus money won’t even be spent this year, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office! And the CBO has warned that the bill actually will hurt long-term economic growth. Infrastructure programs, including items such as $8 billion for a high-speed train between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, will take a decade or longer to complete – if environmentalists ever let the project begin.

Big Lie No. 3: Bipartisan Support
Then there is Big Lie No. 3: This bill was a bipartisan effort to save the economy. It was anything but. Every Republican in the House voted against the bill, along with six courageous Democratic congressmen. In the Senate, almost every Republican opposed the bill except three liberals: Sens. Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and Arlen Specter. Obama promised he would change the “old politics” of Washington. Instead, he is playing hardball partisan Democratic politics of the Chicago type. And now, he is even talking about a second stimulus program!

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