The Republican Party is now claiming that should they get a House majority, they will implement budget cuts. I hope they carry through with this and don’t cower out. Let’s not forget the GOP had total control of the US government from 2003-2007 and they governed like fiscal Socialists. In fact the Democrats ran to their right on fiscal issues in 2006 and won Congress as result. Once in power, they governed like fiscal Marxists and drove up the deficit to 1.2 Trillion and the debt by 5 trillion. Now Chris Cristie like budget cutting is needed and this is what the GOP is promising.
U.S. House Republicans plan to try to slash $100 billion from the federal budget as early as January if they wrest power from Democrats in this year’s midterm elections, setting up possible early showdowns with President Barack Obama on taxes and spending.
A Republican House takeover would thrust new committee heads, such as Representative Dave Camp on the Ways and Means panel, into the spotlight within weeks — or days — of seizing their gavels in early January. They would confront quick political tests that could alienate independent voters and Tea Party activists alike, analysts said.
Read the rest: Republicans Plan Budget Cuts as Early Act If They Take Power
I want to believe the Republicans but with their current Progressive leadership under Boehner (R-Oh), I have my doubts. Hopefully the rumors of Eric Cantor challenging Boehnerfor House Speaker is true. Paul Ryan and Cantor are the real deal Conservatives. As shown in the health care summit, they can run circles around Obama. They also know how to explain to the American public the sacrifices that will be needed to regain economic prosperity. A Cantor-Ryan leadership duo would be able to blunt the media’s attacks on budget cuts. The GOP needs good spokesman and they fit the bill.
In an interesting note, the Democratic party in Minnesota is running out right anti-Catholic ads. Since Catholic bashing and attacks on the church is accepted in America, no one has called them on it!
A Democrat Party supporting independent non profit group has sent out perhaps THE most anti-Catholic political advertisement I’ve ever seen. Sometimes there’s a little subtlety to anti-Catholic political rhetoric but not this time. This is in your face anti-Catholicism. A postcard was sent out to voters with a photo shopped picture of a Catholic priest wearing a campaign button saying: “Ignore the Poor.”
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One of the more worrisome things about this is that this group must believe that there’s enough of an anti-Catholic vote that this would pay dividends. Could that be true?
Yes it will pay dividends since thanks to revisionist history, the media and entertainment industry, Catholic bashing is one of this nation’s favorite past times. As Stalin once said “How many divisions the Pope has?’ Very true words because if there was a Nuclear armed Catholic super power or Catholic terrorism, there would be more respect for the Church and its members. That is the truth, see the way Islam is treated in American society compared to Catholicism.
Tags: Catholic Church, Debt, Deficit, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan
