Fiscal conservatives in Congress declare free market 'dead'

[cynatnite]

WASHINGTON — Fiscal hawks who dominate the Republican Party's conservative wing have watched in dismay as President Bush , presidential candidate John McCain and Republican leaders in Congress fall in line behind a federal rescue mission of historic proportions.

Almost overnight, Republican lawmakers who came to Washington vowing to slash Big Government are powerless to stop what could be one of the largest government expansions since the Great Depression.

Sen. Jim Bunning , a Hall of Fame pitcher-turned-senator from Kentucky , threw a knockdown pitch Friday from the crumbling mound of fiscal conservatism.

"The free market for all intents and purposes is dead in America," Bunning said.

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[agentS]

1. Get a shovel

[Chan790]

2. The one thing I never thought I'd see...

the GOP leading and trumpeting with fanfare a socialist revolution.

If we're bailing out everybody...we'd better be getting either stock or assets in return.

[roamer65]

3. Earth to fuckhead Bunning...

There is no such thing as a free market. It is as much a fantasy as pure, unaltered communism.

[Number23]

4. This is major. Bigger than major

The free market will have to shove over because the conservative movement will be joining it in the grave all too soon. The conservative movement in this county is deader than dead, killed by an incompetent named George W. Bush and his foolish band of vainglorious, shortsighted cronies.

I have said before that every person who voted for Bush in 2004 should be rounded up and forced to do 200 hours of community service. After what's happened this week? Make it 400 hours.

"Congress is also weighing a $25 billion loan sought by the Big Three automakers in Michigan."

Good LORD when is this going to end????!!

"This is your Bush legacy — not Pelosi's, not Reid's, not Obama's," Malkin wrote, naming the leaders of the House and Senate and the Democratic presidential nominee. "Fiscal conservatism has been on life support for quite some time. Bush/Paulson pulled the plug permanently today."

The end of days must truly be at hand....

[Marsala]

5. Quick, drive a stake through its heart

Maybe now we can get all of our new programs because the U.S. is so far down in debt that it just doesn't matter anymore. After all, America is Too Big To Fail.

[bridgit]

6. Good, it wasn't 'free' to begin with