Amazing how many people on FR cannot see the forest for the trees.
LLS
Amazing that there are people on FR who are unwilling to put blame where it belongs. Just how much did spending increase over the last six years? Just how much did earmarks increase during that time? And just how many pubbies were tainted by scandal this time around?
If GOP control of Congress was so important, the GOP sure didn't act like it. They acted like teenagers who broke into mom and dad's liquor cabinet when the parents were away, instead of sober guardians of the GOP power base. To go hog-wild with earmarks during a time of war (and when we are borrowing to meet the cost of the war) is the height of irresponsibility. And such actions cast into doubt the claims that the GOP is essential for executing the WOT.