The myth of Republican fiscal responsibility....

[Aviation Pro]

...first the numbers: 70% of the $9,000,000,000,000 of debt accumulated since the birth of our nation has come under the drunken spending sprees of Presidents Genetic Predisposition/Didn't Have the Nads to Fight in WWII, President Wimpy/Tell Us That Story About You Bailing Out and Leaving Your Crewmate Behind During WWII and President Insane/Pilot My Ass.

Republicans are like the moron Dads of the nation whose sole goal is to impress the neighbors with the boat/RV/hemi-truck/ATV/snowmobile that they just bought/leased/took out a loan. Investments? Hah! Their philosophy is those with the most toys when they die win. (i.e. fuck that whiny wife and those brats of mine, if they want to eat or get a good education let them do it like me, on credit). So the next time this myth wafts its way, like a ripe fart, in one's direction, ask the loud-mouthed asshole (inevitably it is a loud-mouthed asshole):

"So how's that running-out-of-money-before-you-die-plan working for you?" Then smile at the pained expression on his wife's face.

[undeterred]

1. The tooth fairy and the easter bunny

are more believable.

[bullimiami]

2. not a myth. a multi-generational propaganda campaign.

[zanne]

3. Yup. They just keep repeating it and repeating it...

And people think it's true, even with so much evidence to the contrary.

[Kitty Herder]

18. Catapulting the propaganda. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Love that second paragraph.................

So true.

[blondeatlast]

8. Yep--I thought of my neighbors across the street--she who also is sporting

fresh boobs and he with a spanking new Dodge Ram behemoth...

I don't think I will EVER see them the same again now.

:rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. And both of their toys will be worn out in about five years.................

:rofl:

[blondeatlast]

14. ...

:rofl::spray::rofl:

[Rosemary2205]

5. kick

truth and humor both. :)

[notesdev]

6. Think that's a dead myth already

Someone would have to be seriously out of touch to consider the GOP to be fiscally responsible. They spend like it's nobody's business, they borrow like there's no tomorrow, and a ridiculous proportion of all that spending money goes to places where Americans never see the benefits.

[TheFarseer]

16. It's not dead until we stop saying "Fiscally Conservative"

Fiscally Conservative has come to mean a "balanced budget", when this was by no means the original meaning of this phrase. Once again, they have twisted the English language for their benefit.

[notesdev]

19. change to "fiscally responsible"

It's probably not accurate anymore to call the GOP 'conservative' anyway. Ask your average conservative, they are not happy with the GOP.

What the GOP has become is best described as "corporatist" - they are a conduit for their favored corporations to write legislation to their desires. Many Democrats also participate in this corrupt practice as well.

The problem is particularly bad in the Senate - with six years between elections, Senators are even less responsive to voters than a President is. They were originally designed to be responsive not to voters directly, but to state legislatures, in a manner similar to how the UK Parliament chooses a Prime Minister.

Throw in the hundreds of laws these guys have put together to make it nearly impossible for a sitting Senator to involuntarily lose his position, and we end up with a body that occupies many vital roles in the federal government while being responsive almost exclusively to campaign donors.

[blondeatlast]

7. K&R for the brilliant second paragraph alone. Those moron dads are the most

likely to vote for the RRRepublicans, too.

This meme needs to be spread far and wide.

Excellent analogy!

[tjwash]

10. ...

[Aviation Pro]

11. Tip of the pen to the great Trudeau....

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[lonestarnot]

12. Most excellent!

[blondeatlast]

13. This needs an occasional kick. It's been DUzy nominated already--

let's get some brilliant replies as well!

[Aviation Pro]

15. Well, thank you....

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[blondeatlast]

17. C'mon--this needs on the "Greatest" if only for the brilliant second paragraph. 2 more recs gets it

there. If GD/P bile can get there, surely something with real merit can, huh? :shrug:

[Hart2008]

20. kick