GOP Leaders Taking Cues From Malkin On Stimulus, Call It ‘Generational Theft’»

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/09/malkin-mccain-boehner/

Don't these clowns have an original idea of their own? Pretty pathetic.


GOP Leaders Taking Cues From Malkin On Stimulus, Call It ‘Generational Theft’»


In early January, when President Obama first proposed his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin balked at the proposal’s name, writing that it should be called “The Generational Theft Act of 2009.” Malkin has been pushing her attempted re-branding ever since, repeating it over and over and over again.

Malkin’s views are apparently beginning to hold sway with Republicans in Congress. On January 29, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said of the proposed stimulus package, “This bill is a generational theft bill.” In a blog post yesterday for AmericaSpeakOn.org, a new conservative 501(c)4 group, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) used Malkin’s language as well:

The hundreds of billions of dollars Washington is borrowing to finance this pork-barrel monstrosity will come from our children and grandchildren. This is not “stimulus” – it’s generational theft.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who has become a top critic of the recovery package in the Senate, also referred to it as “generational theft” on CBS’ Face The Nation yesterday.

Watch it at link~

Malkin isn’t the only far right conservative pundit influencing the GOP these days. As ThinkProgress noted yesterday, congressional Republicans are embracing right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh as their “unofficial leader.” Some Republicans, like Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), are following Limbaugh’s lead by referring to the stimulus as the “porkulus” bill.

[Triana]

1. Uh-huh - and the cost of the war-of-choice in I-rack and the 2001 1.3 TRILLION tax cut for the rich

WASN'T?

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. Right. Like the 11 trillion you took wasn't. n/t

[anonymous171]

3. This is good. They are changing talking points.

That means we have gained ground. things are about to turn around.

[Parker CA]

4. They've continued their attempt at hammering this bill, but their message has changed directions

many times in the past week. The only consistent message they can adhere to is that, "this bill is baaaaaad." They have nothing more. They are desperate, they are reaching and grasping at anything they think will further their points, but what is actually happening is that the ground beneath them is quickly eroding, and they are, every hour, closer to slipping off the edge of the cliff they backed themselves onto by protesting in such an asinine manner.

They are self-destructing as we watch, regardless of the MSM spin, and todays town-hall Obama spoke at pushed them to a point very near complete breakdown. The message is out there that the people want this bill, that they are sick of the pukes, and Obama, after a bumpy week last week, is now firmly controlling the message and will continue to do so this evening and throughout tomorrow when he appears in FL.

The entire notion of fear, fear, fear, bad, bad, bad, from the pukes is nothing more than their terrified projection that this bill is going to pass and that it will succeed.

[liberalmuse]

5. You mean like the 'pubs did in the '80's and the 8 years under Bush?

They stole Trillions from the next few generations. I wish the 'pubs would stop trying to project their massive crimes onto the Dems.

[Flying Dream Blues]

6. Uh, the theft happened over the last 8 years...how stupid do they think we are??

It's really insulting. And yet, the 30% are still hanging in there, so I guess the answer is "pretty d&*^ stupid."

[librechik]

7. That's only important when it's poor people. War, now should be financed

unquestioningly with blood and treasure, and if we lose international esteem over our choices who the hell cares.

Now shut up, you loser Democrats.

Wait--did we lose? I forget now...