Republicans Test 2010 Message: Cancel the Stimulus

Washington Independent by Dave Weigel | Jul. 11, 2009 (Special Report)

The day after President Obama signed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) took to the airwaves to offer voters a different kind of new deal.

“If the American people will let the Republicans back in charge,” said Gohmert on the Feb. 19 episode of Sean Hannity’s Fox News show, “the 60 percent of this bill that won’t be spent until after the next election, we’ll cut it off and let it go to the Americans.” Full Story »

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Topics: U.S. Economy, Republicans, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jul 11, 2009 - 8:31 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Fred Gatlin (review), Naomi Isler (review), Richard McIlnay (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jul 11, 2009 - 8:31 AM PDT
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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Jul. 11, 2009

It still seems that the only response national Republican leaders consider are negative. I still have not heard any alternatives in any depth from them.

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Naomi Isler
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 by Naomi Isler - Jul. 11, 2009

Does no one remember during the Regan recession when the then remedies didn't seem to be working that the Republican mantra was 'give the medicine time to work'. And why does the Republican PR machine always unnerve the Democrats?

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 11, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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Richard McIlnay
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 by Richard McIlnay - Jul. 11, 2009

No. It quotes the Republican without ever commenting on the validity or logic of what they are quoting

Republican back on their Johnny one-note. cut taxes. They just keep mindlessly repeating cut taxes as though it were a magic incantation that would solve everything for us. They also know that it is too early for any strong effect of the stimulus, as does the writwer of thwe article, I am sure. They are not debating the issue. They are still playing politics "while rome burns."

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