Actually, this is very easy to understand class.
Pick up your daily reader, and turn to George Orwell's The Animal Farm, go to the page that describes how the pigs (Pelosi, Murtha, Reid, Kerry et al) would sneak out every night and re-write the message board, quite often, completely contradicting what had been said the day before.
And how each and every morning, the chorus of sheep (msm?) would bleat the new message as if it had always been.
And hence came the terms "newspeak" an "doublethink"!!!
And now you all understand, George had a crystal ball, and he saw the demoKaRat party of today, from his vantage point in the past.
FACT: DEMS WILL RAISE YOUR TAXES
The One Promise Dems Are Guaranteed To Keep If They Win In November: A $2.4 Trillion Tax Hike
Dem Leadership And Dems' Choice To Head House Ways And Means Committee Would Raise Taxes:
"[Rep. Charlie] Rangel's [D-NY] Accession To The Chairmanship Of The [Ways And Means] Committee Would Likely End Six Years Of Tax Cuts By The Republican- Controlled Congress." (Ryan J. Donmoyer, "Rangel Vows Bipartisanship, Action On Trade As House Panel Head, Bloomberg News, 9/20/06)
"[Rangel] Said He 'Cannot Think Of One' Of President George W. Bush's First-Term Tax Cuts That Merit Renewal." (Ryan J. Donmoyer, "Rangel Vows Bipartisanship, Action On Trade As House Panel Head, Bloomberg News, 9/20/06)
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) Would Chair The Senate Small Business Committee. (U.S. Senate Small Business Committee Website, www.sbc.senate.gov, Accessed 4/1/06)
Sen. Kerry: "[R]oll back part of George Bush's tax cut today..." (NBC's "Meet The Press," 1/30/05)
"'I'm Not Really Into Cutting (Spending) Right Now,' Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid Of Nevada Said ... Instead He Urged Republicans To Abandon Plans To Make The 2001 And 2003 Tax Cuts Permanent ..." (Kevin G. Hall and James Kuhnhenn, "Bush Vows To Repair Gulf Coast, Prompting Fears Of Deficit Spending," Knight Ridder, 9/17/05)
Democrats Opposed The 2001 And 2003 Tax Cuts:
85% Of House Democrats Voted Against The 2001 Tax Cuts And 97% Voted Against The 2003 Tax Cuts (H.R. 1836, CQ Vote #149: Adopted 240-154: R 211-0; D 28-153; I 1-1, 5/26/01; H.R. 2, CQ Vote #225: Adopted 231-200: R 224-1; D 7-198; I 0-1, 5/23/03)
In 2001, 143 House Democrats Even Voted Against A Stand-Alone Bill To Double The Marriage Deduction And The Child Tax Credit. (H.R. 6, CQ Vote #75: Passed 282-144: R 217-0; D 64-143; I 1-1, 3/29/01)
And 197 House Democrats Voted Against A Stand-Along Bill That Reworked The Income Tax Rate Structure, Establishing A New, Low 10 Percent Income Tax Bracket. (H.R. 3, CQ Vote #45: Passed 230-198: R 219-0; D 10-197; I 1-1, 3/8/01)
More Than 72% Of Senate Democrats Voted Against The 2001 Tax Cuts While 96% Voted Against The 2003 Tax Cuts. (H.R. 1836, CQ Vote #170: Adopted 58-33: R 46-2; D 12-31, 5/26/01; H.R. 2, CQ Vote #196: Adopted 51-50: R 48-3; D 2-46; I 0-1, With Vice President Cheney Casting A "Yea" Vote, 5/23/03)
Dems Would Raise Taxes By $2.4 Trillion And Cause Middle Income Earners To Pay Higher Share Of Burden:
Failing To Extend The Tax Cuts Would Result In A Nearly $2.4 Trillion Tax Increase On American Taxpayers. (Office Of The Press Secretary, The White House, "Growing Our Economy: Keeping Taxes Low And Restraining Spending," Press Release, 5/3/06)
115 Million Taxpayers Would Pay An Average Of $1,716 More A Year;
84 Million Women Would Face An Average Increase Of $1,970 A Year;
48 Million Married Couples Would Pay An Average Of $2,726 More A Year;
42 Million Families With Children Would Face An Average Increase Of $2,084 A Year;
A Family Of Four Earning $50,000 Today Would Owe An Additional $2,092 A Year - A 132 Percent Increase In Their Tax Bill;
12 Million Single Mothers Would Face An Average Increase Of $1,062 A Year;
17 Million Seniors Would Pay An Average Of $2,034 More A Year;
26 Million Small Businesses Would Owe An Average Of $3,637 More A Year;
5 Million Low-Income Individuals And Couples Would Again Be Subject To The Individual Income Tax. (U.S. Department Of Treasury, "Without Permanent Tax Relief, Millions Of Americans Will See Their Taxes Go Up By Billions Of Dollars In 2011," Fact Sheet)
The Wall Street Journal: "[N]ew data show that the bottom 50% of Americans in income - U.S. households with an income below the median of $44,389 - paid a smaller share of total income taxes in 2004 (3.3%) than in Bill Clinton's last year in office (3.9%)." (Editorial, "Hot Topic:Incomes And Politics," The Wall Street Journal, 9/2/06)
The Wall Street Journal: "That 3.3% is the lowest share of total income taxes paid by the bottom half of earners in at least 30 years, and probably ever." (Editorial, "Hot Topic: Incomes And Politics," The Wall Street Journal, 9/2/06)
Thanks To Tax Cuts, Economy Has Grown - Raising Taxes Would Be Extremely Harmful:
Los Angeles Times: "[T]he resilience of the U.S. economy has attracted less notice than it deserves. ... It's tempting, and to some degree justified, to chalk up the apparent success to some inherent superiority of the U.S. economy. A recession was already underway on 9/11, but Fed policy and tax cuts fueled a strong recovery." (Editorial, "Back, And Stronger," Los Angeles Times, 9/13/06)
The Economy Has Grown By $999 Billion ($10.398 Trillion To $11.397 Trillion), Or 9.6 Percent, Since The 2003 Tax Cuts Were Passed. (Bureau Of Economic Analysis, www.bea.gov, Accessed 9/7/06)
$999 Billion Is More Than The Size Of The South Korean Economy. (CIA Website, www.cia.gov, Accessed 9/7/06)
More Than 5.7 Million Jobs Have Been Created Over The Last 36 Months (Since Aug. 2003). (Bureau Of Labor Statistics Website, www.bls.gov, Accessed 9/1/06)
The Jobless Rate Fell To 4.7% In Aug. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics Website, www.bls.gov, Accessed 9/1/06)
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Now Projects The Deficit Will Be 30% Lower Than Projected Just Five Months Ago And A Decline Of 18% From Last Year. (Congressional Budget Office, "The Budget And Economic Outlook: An Update," 8/17/06, p. ix)
At $260 Billion, The Deficit Would Be Only 2% Of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). (Congressional Budget Office, "The Budget And Economic Outlook: An Update," 8/17/06, p. ix)
Revenues Are Expected To Be $99 Billion (4%) Higher Than Previously Expected. (Congressional Budget Office, "The Budget And Economic Outlook: An Update," 8/17/06, p. ix)
Source: http://www.gop.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=6588
Is it just me, or do an awful lot of Dems in tight races seem to be braying about their conservatism? Guess the scandal ploy didn't pan out. Better tell ABC.