Rep. Tom DeLay appeared on ”Meet the Press” yesterday determined to end the year with a bang, not a whimper. He called the war in Iraq ”exciting,” and compared Democrats to morons, hippies and (gasp!) the French. …
REP. DeLAY: You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget.
Apparently sensing he hadn’t gone far enough with his comparisons to morons, hippies and the French, DeLay kicked his rhetoric into a higher gear later in the show and compared Democrats to communists because they’re pushing for a balanced budget. …
[E]mploying false economic logic and engaging in bitter name-calling has been a hallmark of 2003. President Bush promised in his inaugural address to “change the tone in Washington,” and he has – under the Bush administration, things have transformed from typical partisan bickering to outright political garbage-throwing.
Anyone who opposed the president’s ill-planned rush to war was labeled a traitor.
Anyone who dared question the president’s overstatements of intelligence information was labeled a traitor and a wimp.
Anyone who opposed tax cuts was labeled a tax-and-spend liberal. And a traitor.
And the list goes on.
Duhbya’s single greatest lie may have been “I am a uniter, not a divider.”
This is from www.bushrecall.org (part of moveon.org, I think). On the lighter side, be sure to check out the clever “Lord of the Right Wing” animation — http://flash.bushrecall.org/ (thanks to MR). mjh