Republicans Hail Parts of (Stimulus) Bill That Few of Them Supported

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Source: NY Times

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Just hours after voting against the bill on the House floor last week, Representative John L. Mica of Florida issued news releases lauding the inclusion of $8 billion for high-speed rail projects around the nation. Mr. Mica said the bill would also help pay for a commuter train project in his Central Florida district.

“If we could put a man on the moon, we should be able to move people from city to city quickly instead of wasting time on a congested highway,” said Mr. Mica, the ranking Republican on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. “I applaud President Obama’s recognition that high-speed rail should be part of America’s future.”

Jennifer Crider, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, called the unlikely chorus of praise from Mr. Mica and other Republican lawmakers “the height of hypocrisy.”

Rusty Roberts, chief of staff to Mr. Mica, disagreed. “Certainly it’s possible to oppose the entire bill on principle and favor certain sections of it,” Mr. Roberts said.

Representative Don Young of Alaska, for example, praised the stimulus as “a victory for the Alaska Native contracting program and other Alaska small-business owners.” And Representative Leonard Lance of New Jersey, after touring a flood-control project in his district that could receive stimulus financing, pronounced it “shovel ready.”

Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan sounded almost giddy on Wednesday in a post on the microblogging Web site Twitter: “If you know of someone thinking of buying first home, now may be the time. Stimulus incentive is very generous! Up to 8k! Check it out.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/politics/20spend.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

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1. It's because they can speak out of both sides of their mouths.

They can say they voted "no", and thus win acclaim from all the ignorant shitbags who support them;

and they can say "This is great!" to try to win acclaim from everyone else.

And the beauty of it is this: it's not technically flip-flopping since they hold both ideas at the same time!

[Bake]

2. Pubs don't know WHAT to do about the stimulus!

They opposed it, and want to get as far away from it as possible so that if it fails (which they HOPE for), they don't get the blame; yet on the other hand, they want to get their hands on the money and act like they were FOR the parts of it they like.

They can't have it both ways.

Bake

[Xipe Totec]

3. GOP Hippopotamus on Parade

The party of hypocrisy

[snooper2]

4. They really are a dying party...

I am in anxious anticipation for their next Repuke Presidential primary's...

SarAH, Sar-a-Palin- queen of the wild frontier :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Terran]

5. Um, yeah

Rusty Roberts, chief of staff to Mr. Mica, disagreed. “Certainly it’s possible to oppose the entire bill on principle and favor certain sections of it,” Mr. Roberts said.

Sure it's possible; it's just that it makes you a HYPOCRITE.

[BlueIdaho]

6. Kick them while they're down...

Its not enough to sit here and feel superior to these fucktards - we need to bury them. We should be using every media form available to highlight their hypocrisy. Radio talk shows, letters to the editor, phone calls to MSM demanding they cover this shit - the lot. We need to take every measure possible to REMIND America just what a bankrupt bunch of numb-skulls the party of Lincoln has become.