- Scott Miller
It’s like clockwork… everytime the so-called Republican leadership has a chance to differentiate themselves from the statists they blow it… this from the AP:
House Republicans offer $23B list of spending cuts
WASHINGTON – Responding to a challenge from President Barack Obama, House GOP leaders are offering up a roster of more than $23 billion in specific spending cuts over the next five years.
The proposed cuts, which were sent to the White House on Thursday, bear little resemblance to the dramatic proposals Republicans unfurled when they took over Congress 14 years ago.
Rather than proposing, for example, the elimination of the Education Department, as they have in the past, Republicans are suggesting killing a program that pays for building sidewalks, bike paths and crossing guards as part of the Safe Routes to Schools program. That would save $183 million a year.
$23 billion!!??? Out of a freakin’ $3.6 TRILLION budget, they come up with $23 billion… how freakin’ pathetic is that? This is just more proof that the Republican leadership, such as it is, is scared of it’s own shadow. They are so gun-shy they can’t mount even the tiniest of defense in the media today. I don’t even know what purpose this party serves anymore if they can’t contrast themselves against such a massive target that is the Obama administration.
I’ve got to tell ya’ folks, I thought Eric Cantor had something going for him, but this just proves he doesn’t have the mettle to lead the party… we’re still waiting for someone to step forward to fill such an obvious vacuum…
