Feign surprise

Remember when the Democrats won control of the Senate and the House? And how they promised to run a corruption-free and principled government? How they had an impressive 100 Day agenda of lofty issue-oriented goals?

Yeah, I vaguely remember that too.

But instead, we’ve been treated to a Democratic party that is hell bent on “business as usual” when it comes to corruption in their own house (see: William Jefferson, Alcee Hastings, and John Murtha), and a party that has spent more time on partisan vindictivness than on real issues.

And what promise have the Dems broken this time? The promise of clean bills void of reckless spending on pork projects.

McQ at the QandO Blog:

The fault lines among the House Democrats is becoming more and more evident as they attempt to form a majority of 218 votes to pass their Iraq bill. Interestingly, opposition is coming from the two extremes of the party. On the one hand the “Out of Iraq Now” caucus led by Maxine Waters is planning to vote “no” and many of the Blue Dog Dems are planning to vote “no” but for vastly different reasons. (If you’re interested in looking at the bill, it’s available here, but be warned, it’s a 6MB pdf.)

That speaks to the reasons behind the arm twisting going on and the insistence by Democrats of larding the bill with pork as an incentive for others to vote. So much for clean bills and the end of reckless spending on pet projects promised by the Democrats. Obviously those promises are only good if they’re not committed to getting their way by any means necessary in Congress.

Business as usual.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 | Trackback |