Republicans Pledge to Do More of the Same

I jokingly made the comment the other day about the GOP "Pledge to America" that no one could have predicted what the pledge would say. Of course anyone with half a brain could have predicted that any campaign promise by the Republican Party would contain futile slogans about shrinking government, cutting spending, reining in the deficit and moral values.  But it's no joke.  That's exactly what it says.

The problem with all this is the GOP has never once shrunk government, cut spending or reined in the deficit or much less governed with morals and values.  None of it has ever happened as a result of GOP leadership, ever.  Republicans, however, aren't concerned with factual history.  They merely want to talk about doing such things.  If you mention that it has never happened, they answer by saying they got off course.  Or weren't true to their principles.  Or that it was the Democrats in Congress' fault.  Always an excuse to pass the blame.  Unless you actually add up all their proposals in their latest small government gimmick and find out that their "pledge" will actually substantially increase the national debt and budget spending, those almost sound like good excuses.

Fact of the matter is, despite ample opportunity and decades worth of promises to shrink government, cut spending and rein in the deficit, there is nothing in the GOP history to ever suggest they have ever done it or possibly could if given yet another chance.