Emphasis on ‘may:’ they’re considering coming up with an alternative to the GOP budget plan that was released today. If the Democrats feel like it. And if Ranking Budget Member Chris Van Hollen can get his head around the big numbers involved. That’s not guaranteed, given that Van Hollen’s past experience with big, scary numbers shows that he has a bad tendency to go full-bore delusional when he’s in trouble; besides, it would also probably require Van Hollen to be able to take off his shoes by himself, and, well, some things are harder than they look.
Yes, that was snide. What makes you think I care? I’m too busy being annoyed that the only grown-ups in Washington DC right now all have Rs after their names; it gets tiring to have to do all the intellectual heavy lifting on an issue.
Besides, the only people that will get huffy are Democrats, and they should be doing something more useful with their lives anyway. Getting mad at the way that their elected officials are all off in the Magical Kingdom of Self-Abuse over budget policy would be an excellent start; you’d think that the drool and the vacant expressions and the general looks of genial idiocy that their legislators are displaying right now would bother Democrats, but apparently not…
(H/T: Hot Air Headlines)
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The budget last year was too much heavy lifting for the Democrats -
qurys Wednesday, April 6th at 11:12AM EST (link)why should this year be any different. Seems they can only handle 2 week CR’s and even that is pretty tough. After reading a lot of the posts on RedState on the Ryan budget proposal, I am thinking that maybe the Democrats have a strategy. All they have to do is stand back and watch the Republicans shoot themselves in the foot. Ryan’s budget proposal is being surgically and microscopically studied by conservatives and libertarians and found wanting. Flat tax vs sales tax vs fair tax. Pentagon funding vs war funding. Medicare adjustments are unfair. Social security reform – NOT MY CHECK. If what I am reading on RedState is any indication, we will be not only putting on Chris Van Hollen’s shoes, we will be tying them and shining them for him.