For example, if I say the top 3 current Republicans in the country (Boehner, McConnell and Cantor) just a few short years ago voted in favor of legislation that increased the federal debt by $3.4 trillion the result would lead to total disarray. It would be like going back in time to the 15th century and telling the Catholic church the world is round. The calls of blasphemy would be too numerous to sustain.
We can't say such things because doing so implies Republicans are not real conservatives and are not really all that fiscally responsible. This flies in the face of everything the media and the GOP tell us daily. Even though Republicans have no track record of ever cutting spending, shrinking government or reining in the deficit, it's taboo non grata to ever mention it.
Saying something like, oh I don't know, how Republicans are responsible for 75% of the total federal debt, or that when George Bush was president they never once made him cut spending before voting to raise the debt ceiling, is simply not allowed. In order to advance the conversation, to keep the rhetoric flowing, we have to pretend none of that ever happened and that now, all of a sudden, Republicans are very concerned about the nation's fiscal situation. Bringing up the past and the complete hypocrisy of the Republican Party only means we are not Serious or fiscally responsible enough to partake in the conversation.
So this article in Businessweek today is simply laughed off as islamofascistliberal tripe. The author of it is no better than the terrorists that want to destroy us. Welcome to America, circa 2011.
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