Krugman - Whiners!

[n2doc]

May 11, 2011, 7:58 PM
Whiners
Hard to believe:

Nearly a dozen House Republican freshmen held a press conference outside the Capitol Tuesday morning to “wipe the slate clean,” and “hit the reset button.”

“Yeah, I mean there’s been — again, this is a both-sides issue,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) when asked if GOP candidates and the NRCC had engaged in ‘MediScare’ tactics last year. “To say that one side is blameless in trying to use issues to win votes is just dishonest.”

On Tuesday, Kinzinger and 41 of his colleagues sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to rein in Democratic attacks on GOP members who voted for the House budget, which includes a plan to privatize Medicare and cap spending on the program.

“We ask that you stand above partisanship, condemn the disingenuous attacks and work with this Congress to reform spending on entitlement programs,” the letter reads.

Aside from the chutzpah of winning an election by scaring seniors about Medicare, then demanding an end to scare tactics, isn’t this just pathetic? Pleading with Democrats not to engage in politics?

This brings “they can dish it out, but they can’t take it” to a whole new level.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/whiners/

[Shandris]

1. "Sure thing. Right after you resign and admit to the public what you did." (n/t)

[gratuitous]

2. The major difference, naturally . . .

The scare tactics used by Kinzinger and his freshly-minted colleagues were based in demagoguery; the "attacks" against them by Democrats are solidly based in fact and the Republicans' own voting record. I suppose they could always sue for definition of character.

[Safetykitten]

3. Now would be the time to rake them over the coals in a most humiliating and national way.

[OHdem10]

4. "Collicky Babies" I lifted this from Papatonia

[lpbk2713]

5. These clowns are ludicrous beyond belief.

It is so predictable, the only time they piss and moan about partisan politics is when they aren't
getting their way. All anyone has to do is look at the BushCo years to get a frame of reference.




"WAAAH!! No fair!!"