Steele Says Republicans on a 12-Step Program

[Sandy Eggo]

OMG, the irony! Making mistakes, then recognizing the mistakes and learning from them is a good thing. But making mistakes, getting busted, and then going on record to say, essentially, "We're the ones to fix it, trust us," defies logic and belief. With video.

RNC Chairman Michael "Hip Hop" Steele appeared on Tuesday night's (2/24/09) Hannity (in a segment headlined "Immovable Front"), and said (I kid you not) of the Republicans: "I think right now we're in a better position, Sean, to make the argument that a fiscally conservative approach with sound prudent fiscal policies and economic policies is the best way, trusting smaller government, trusting small businesses, to grow us out of this situation." I mean, I've heard of the Peter Principle (you know, when people get promoted to their highest level of incompetence), but THIS guy is saying, yeah, we were promoted to our highest level of incompetence, and we sucked, so promote us again.

Steele blasted Obama's spending plan, including "9,000 plus additional pork barrel spending projects." What nobody mentioned is that 40% of the earmarks in the current bill come from Republicans. Also, when the Republicans went along, actively participated during the last eight years, as the government spent money like drunken sailors (up to and including the TARP), creating a $317B deficit in 2005, a $248B deficit in 2006, a $158B deficit in 2007 and a $455B deficit in 2008, where was the, what was it, "fiscally conservative approach?"

Despite admitting that "Republicans lost their way when it comes to fiscal responsibility," Hannity didn't think it hypocritical to cry in outrage about THIS stimulus. "We're being told this is fiscally responsible?" he shrieked. Steele commented that "the American people have to realize that since Barack Obama has taken the oath of office he has spent $36 billion dollars a day." Whoopee. That's just over $1 trillion, and includes the largest recovery plan in history -- which many economists lauded.

Steele continued his Republican Spendaholics Anonymous diatribe by saying, "Look, you know . . . I've put us on a 12-step program [what, saying "no" 12 times in a row?] to recovery. I get it. We lost our way, we messed up, we got to Washington, drank from the Potomac, got all high and happy and acted stupid. We spent money, we grew the size of government . . . . we know of what we speak when we talk about the impact on this country . . . from excessive government spending . . . ." Finally, a Republican admits they've been drinking the Kool-Aid. I mean, can you only imagine if some Dem used that argument for, say, the housing bailout? Imagine the Republicans' response if some "deadbeat" homeowner said, yeah, I abused the system, took money I knew I could never afford to pay back, bought three times the house I could afford or needed, but now . . . well, I'm in a unique position to see how wrong that was so put me in charge of the housing bailout

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http://www.newshounds.us/2009/02/26/steele_says_republicans_on_a_12step_program.php

So, when you're tempted to respond to your favorite right wing Republican with scorn because they're out of touch with the source of and real problems in America...remember they're detoxing...once an addict...always an addict. Apparently, Kool aid is hard to kick.  Try compassion.