Dems: GOP Already Broke Tax Cut 'Pledge'

[Pirate Smile]

Source: New York Daily News

It didn’t take long for Republicans to break a promise in their new “Pledge to America” to “give small business tax deductions,” Democrats charged this afternoon.

Four hours after the GOP rolled out its new campaign manifesto, a bill containing $12 billion in tax cuts for small business passed on a 237-187 vote in the House. Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) was the lone Republican to vote for the measure.

“By breaking one of their top pledges within hours of making it, Republicans proved that you can put as much stock into their promises as you can a promise made at a Lindsay Lohan probation hearing,” snapped Democratic National Committee spokesman Hari Sevugan.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/09/dems-gop-already-broke-tax-cut.html

[Island Blue]

1. Good for Walter "Once in a While I'm Sane" Jones.

I guess he didn't get the pledge breaking memo.

[tularetom]

2. I realize it wasn't the house that wimped out

But the sheer cowardice of the Senate Democrats on the middle class tax cuts has more or less destroyed any credibility the party has on this issue.

[Pirate Smile]

3. It looks like it was the usual suspects - blue dog/Conservadems.

[veganlush]

4. isn't that soem kind of record?

..to have broken a pledge that fast? How long before the dems apologize for this i wonder?

[Ramulux]

5. Glad the DNC caught this

They need to hammer this over and over. The repubs have broken this pledge multiple times already this year alone. This pledge is a joke and the dems should treat it as such.

[TomCADem]

6. ROFL!

[gratuitous]

7. No, they didn't break their pledge, so stop saying that

Their pledge is good only if they're in the majority and can take credit for whatever happens. So, see, they're not really breaking their pledge, because cutting taxes for small businesses (whatever in hell that really means) is only good if the Republicans can hog all the glory.

See? See?

[No Elephants]

8. And a gratuitous public swipe at an obviously troubled young woman was necessary why, exactly?

Did Lindsay Lohan do something horrible to Democrats that I missed?

[Arkana]

9. Hahahaha, Hari Sevugan owned them.

[truthisfreedom]

10. The Lindsey comment was unnecessary and somewhat troubling. But I'm glad they got this message out.

Sigh.

[tblue37]

11. Leave Lindsay alooooooone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc