DeLay declares 'victory' in war on budget fat

[northzax]

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050914-120153-3878r.htm

DeLay declares 'victory' in war on budget fat

By Amy Fagan and Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
September 14, 2005

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.
Mr. DeLay was defending Republicans' choice to borrow money and add to this year's expected $331 billion deficit to pay for Hurricane Katrina relief. Some Republicans have said Congress should make cuts in other areas, but Mr. DeLay said that doesn't seem possible. (/snip)

oh, it's quite good. See, even though we're spending more than ever before, we're spending more efficiently, on fewer things, than before. see?

[BlueJac]

1. Yes, they did a good job of cutting......

spending on the levee systems in NO. Where will be the next Neo-Con spending cut disaster?

[Massachusetts]

2. DeLay declares 'victory' in war on budget fat

MORON!

[JugDack]

3. Ok, what are we missing here??

Okay, I'm a liberal (y'know, the ones that LOVE spending?) and I don't believe for a second that there is a single program that couldn't use a trim here & there.

More importantly, have they lost their minds?? Why would he say something so politically stupid?? Even if it were true, much of their base believes that all Govt spending should be abolished (except military, of course), so why would you piss them off on purpose?

No, there's something else at work here, but I'm not clever enough to spot what it is just yet.

[northzax]

6. well, our adversaries over on the Dark Side

claim that Rush said he was bring sarcastic...

[Betty]

4. the deficit is bigger than ever

and that's a VICTORY????? How do you get a deficit by CUTTING SPENDING?????

What a fuckin asshole.

[bigbrother05]

5. wHAT ABOUT

that 8 billion the Paul Breamer seems to have misplaced. but thats old news.

[ozymandius]

11. or the $2 TRILLION

that the Pentagon has misplaced? How the hell does a governmental department write off 2 Trillion dollars like they lost their keys or cell phone?

[xxqqqzme]

7. was he wearing a padded

flight suitduring the pronouncement?

[wondermanus]

8. Oh, yeah

This from the guy who, in August, tacked on a $1.5 billion award for energy research in his own district to passed legislation without a conference committee vote.

[ramapo]

9. Very funny

Does he expect anybody to take him seriously?

Or is the joke on me and some people (at least his constituants) believe this crap?

[txaslftist]

10. Gee. I wonder how much pork he brought home to his district?

Nonfat pork, of course.

[Tight_rope]

12. Yeah!...They cut spending and keep the money in their pockets!

I really don't have time for this fuckers bullshit today...I'm moving on.