Frothy Paradise

“Here’s a re-posting of a story I ran in February of last year, when Congressional Republicans were freaking out about the stimulus bill. You know, the last time they told America that we were all going to be enslaved by Teh Socializmz. The lesson is as true today as it was during the stimulus debate, and in turn as true as it was during the 1993 stimulus debate (which is exactly the point): Republicans have nothing else in their bag of tricks except to swear to you that whatever Democrats do is going to be a disaster. You will find the quotes eerily familiar if you watch today’s floor debate on the health insurance reform bill. Why? Because this is the only thing Republicans know how to do. Remember, these are the people who told you “We know where the WMD are,” and were willing to put 4,000+ American soldiers and untold thousands of Iraqis in the ground based on their insane idiocy. Today they tell you to fear finally being able to afford to take your kids to the damn doctor, and not only are there actually people willing to believe them, and your TeeVee news will insist they must be listened to.”