Posted on 06/18/2007 12:41:39 PM PDT by JZelle
The Democrats, flush from their 2006 election gains, took over Congress in January, promising to end the legislative stalemate and pass a sweeping agenda for reform.
Nearly six months later, they have backpedaled on their promises of reform; they've made little progress on major legislation; their job-approval ratings have taken a nosedive; and there's talk for the first time that House Democrats could lose seats to the Republicans in 2008.
They came into power pledging to curb wasteful pork projects that had hit a record $23 billion in 2006. Then they passed a budget resolution that would increase nondefense discretionary spending by $23 billion more than President Bush proposed. A coincidence?
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
They all say whatever it takes to get elected. You can’t trust any of them in Washington. We need to clean house.
...same as the old boss
lemme guess:
Same as the old boss?
I thought this was going to be about fat people during the summer.
Then we'd have to hear all the hippies whine about all of the crap from the DC Fecal Lagoon washing into watersheds and the ocean...
I thought this was another Rosie story.
By the way... When are the Dems going to reduce the price of gasoline, as they promised?
A great place to start would be with term limits.
I don’t think they feel the heat in the least. Except for a few papers like the Washington Times, the media never mentions Democrat pork, or if it does, it praises it as good, kind, noble, liberal generosity to the poor and disadvantaged.
I find it sickening the idiots in the gutter get more love and encouragement than smart, motivated people who stay out of trouble. And then of course the smart ones are forced to carry the idiots.
I find it sickening the idiots in the gutter get more love and encouragement than smart, motivated people who stay out of trouble. And then of course the smart ones are forced to carry the idiots.
I find it sickening the idiots in the gutter get more love and encouragement than smart, motivated people who stay out of trouble. And then of course the smart ones are forced to carry the idiots.
Soo-eee!
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