'We’re not going to be any different than what we’ve been.' Boehner at 'Pledge to America' unveiling

[flpoljunkie]

(The DNC need to go on offense and make this ad now. You cannot be more clear than Boehner was. It is begging to be made.)

In A ‘Shot-By-Shot’ Comparison, Jon Stewart Reveals The GOP’s Pledge Is ‘Exactly Like’ Its ‘Old Ideas’

Amidst the great fanfare surrounding the “Pledge to America” unveiling yesterday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) admitted that the GOP is recycling failed policies in its new document. “We’re not going to be any different than what we’ve been,” he said.

Last night, the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart offered proof of this “self-reflection” in a video comparing quotes from Contract With America-era Republicans with Republicans at yesterday’s press conference. The compilation spans more than a decade and shows an almost identical repetition of the old Republican talking points:

REP. PETER ROSKAM (R-IL): Reign in the Washington, DC red tape.. <9/23/10>

FORMER REP. DENNIS HASTERT (R-IL): Cut Washington red tape.. <1/3/01>

REP. JEB HANSERLING (R-TX): Act immediately to reduce spending.. <9/23/10>

FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH (R-GA): Have real reforms to reduce spending.. <6/5/98>

REP. JASON CHAFFETZ (R-UT): Change the way we do business in Washington..<9/23/10>

REP. JIM NUSSLE (R-IA): Change business as usual in Washington..<11/19/94>

ROSKAM: Make the tax cuts permanent.. <9/23/10>

FORMER MAJORITY LEADER DICK ARMEY (R-TX): Make the existing tax cuts permanent <9/15/02>

REP. BILL CASSIDY (R-LA): ..health savings accounts that puts the patient firmly in control…<9/23/10>

HASTERT: Health savings accounts which will give families more control.. <8/30/04>

HANSERLING: Reduce the size of our government..<9/23/10>

GINGRICH: ..reducing the size of government.. <9/18/03>

BOEHNER: A smaller, less costly, and more accountable government in our nation’s capital. <9/23/10>

BOEHNER: A smaller, less costly, and more accountable government in Washington. <4/3/98>

Video from The Daily Show at link below:

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/24/daily-show-on-pledge/

[CurtEastPoint]

1. That was a masterful piece. Need to watch. Dems need to preach exactly this.

Same shit, different day.

WHY are people voting against their own interests?

Clueless...

[young but wise]

2. They already did.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x508112

[flpoljunkie]

3. Is it on the air on just online? It's not very good and too long for the teevee.

Perhaps it will be followed by a shorter, more pointed ad which will run on the teevee, as well. It also needs to be repeated ad nauseum by the Dems when they are on the teevee--like the R's hammer their message.

[Historic NY]

4. IS THE DNC LISTENING, probably but I've not seen it in my box.