The new Rethuglican Contract on America - Have you read it yet?

[deminks]

Rachel has it on her blog. Appearantly 'leaked' out.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/22/5158637-group-read-house-gops-pledge-to-america

"America is more than a country," the House Republicans' new manifesto begins. "A Pledge to America" continues for another 21 pages, which we're just now reading.

Republican members of Congress plan to unveil the Pledge tomorrow morning. You can read it now with us here (pdf). As you find great bits, hit the comments, please.

A starter, on page 11: "End TARP Once And For All: Americans are rightly outraged at the bailouts of businesses and entities that force responsible taxpayers to subsidize irresponsible behavior. We will cancel the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), a move that would save taxpayers roughly $16 billion."

You'll recall that TARP was a Republican program.

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Fear, Baby, Fear

[AuntPatsy]

1. They sound desperate, once again trying to use not only the fear card by the patriotic one as well..

what a bunch of idiots, more so any that fall for such tactics

[davidinalameda]

2. there's nothing new in it

except for railing against health care reform

it's the same crap they've been slinging since Reagan

[mw]

3. Republican Sledgehammer to America? nt

nt

[spanone]

4. it's a big yawn. end the tax cuts for the rich and raise more revenues

[hendo]

5. Umm

Actually Tarp was an effort a bipartisan effort with more democrats voting for it than republicans. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/02/house-bailout-vote-encore_n_131222.html

The vote to actually release the funding was split on party lines, and yes our leadership supported it: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/01/15/4425172-breaking-down-the-tarp-vote

[gmoney]

6. Well, they're now differentiating between "Republican" and "Conservative"

They realize that almost everything the Bush administration did was indefensible, so they're now saying that things like TARP were not "conservative" programs that America craves, but instituted by misguided "republicans" who are no longer speaking for the party... or some such horseshit.