Republicans Test 2010 Message: Cancel the Stimulus

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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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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