Thursday, September 15, 2005

A Republican Says This?

Delay apparently is declaring 'victory' in cutting spending in a recent Washington Times article. I did a quick double-check, and yes this guy is in fact a Republican, allegedly quite the conservative Republican, but at this moment I think we might need to call the psychiatric ward. Somebody's done flew his coop. Let's examine.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared an "ongoing victory," and said there is simply no fat left to cut in the federal budget.

Kind of like a 400 pound man looking in a mirror and thinking he's dead-sexy thin. Tommie, I have a little news for you, the longest running joke in the history of this country, from Will Rogers on to today, is just how full of pork and fat that 'victory' of a budget you're holding. I wonder if Delay has trouble reading. Perhaps he's actually been an illiterate all this time and didn't know what the pretty pages said. Let's reenlighten with this James Madison quote.

I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on the objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."

And there it is. Tommie, did you get that one? Don't you think the guy that wrote most of the document you're currently dancing on might be onto something here? Of course, he's already answered that.

"My answer to those that want to offset the spending is sure, bring me the offsets, I'll be glad to do it. But nobody has been able to come up with any yet," the Texas Republican told reporters at his weekly briefing.

Godsakes, someone get me a laser printer, 20,000 sheets of paper, some fresh toner and a dump truck. I think we can have him a full account of all the programs that should be cut in a week assuming the printer doesn't give out.

Tom Delay has been in office too long or lived inside the BubbleBoy mentality of Washington for far to many years to truly understand the idea of limited government. Maybe someone needs a little refresher course in what it means to be the party of small government.

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