Posted on 07/27/2015 6:20:06 PM PDT by VinL
Columnists George Will and Charles Krauthammer agreed with Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on the substance of his opposition to the Export-Import Bank, but argued that the Republican bases frustration is mistaken and that Cruz engaged in an act of rather amazing hypocrisy by accusing McConnell of lying ....
Will said, The Republican base is frustrated. I understand it. Its to be sympathized with, but its mistaken, fundamentally. Their view is, you have the butchers of Planned Parenthood, you cant do anything about them. You have the Ex-Im Bank, which is, they think, crony capitalism, and I agree, cant do anything about that. Why cant anything get done? The paradox is this is something getting done in Washington. Theres three important bills this summer, the highway bill, the Ex-Im Bank extension, and the trade authorization. They have large, overlapping, but disparate constituencies. And this is a transactional business, you vote for this, Ill vote for that. Give me this, Ill do that. This is actually Washington functioning. Its not producing the results that conservatives want, not producing the results I want, but it certainly is Washington working as its designed to work.
He added, the Ex-Im Bank survives for the same reason a lot of weapons systems survive. They spread the loans like honey across toast all across the country, so that every Congressional district and Senate has a beneficiary of the Ex-Im Bank. Planned Parenthood is going to get a vote on defunding that. The problem is, there arent enough votes too do it. There arent enough to get 60 for cloture. So, its going to be voted on, and its going to sail right on.
Krauthammer argued that Ted Cruz also wants to be Trump after Trump, because (snip)
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“This is actually Washington functioning. Its not producing the results that conservatives want, not producing the results I want, but it certainly is Washington working as its designed to work. “
So why isn’t Will up in arms? Washington is broken. The GOPE is broken. It produces bad results. Tear it down.
George Will has always been over-rated.
Don’t you just love how they’re telling us that we’re wrong for feeling frustrated? Why are we wrong? We HAVE been lied to by the Republican leadership, who courted us for our votes to give them the Senate majority so they could ‘stand up to Barack Obama’. They certainly haven’t done that! They done nothing but lick his boots since he was re-elected! It’s disgusting to watch, and THAT’S why we’re frustrated with them!
Will and Dr. K have lost tremendous credibility. It is clear to many more now that they too are a big part of DC problem.
He didn't accuse McConnell - he pointed out an obvious lie and asserted it as a lie.
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