The Republicans promised to change the culture
Pigging out
Town Hall
by John Stossel
10/26/05
The Republicans promised to change the culture. Democrats sold panic. 'Don't vote for them! They're going to shrink government and take away your favorite programs!' They needn't have worried. The Republicans got elected, but if the Democrats' goal was to expand the government, they were the real winners. Once Republicans were in power, they started spending money even faster than the Democrats did. Big spender Ted Stevens responded to Coburn's good suggestion to kill a 'Bridge to Nowhere' with a tantrum on the Senate floor: He threatened to resign and 'be taken out of here on a stretcher.' Good! Sen. Stevens, please go. I'll even help carry the stretcher. Unfortunately, Congress has an unwritten code: 'Don't threaten the other congressmen's loot.' The Senate reprimanded Coburn by voting 82 to 15 to save the Bridge to Nowhere...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Town Hall
by John Stossel
10/26/05
The Republicans promised to change the culture. Democrats sold panic. 'Don't vote for them! They're going to shrink government and take away your favorite programs!' They needn't have worried. The Republicans got elected, but if the Democrats' goal was to expand the government, they were the real winners. Once Republicans were in power, they started spending money even faster than the Democrats did. Big spender Ted Stevens responded to Coburn's good suggestion to kill a 'Bridge to Nowhere' with a tantrum on the Senate floor: He threatened to resign and 'be taken out of here on a stretcher.' Good! Sen. Stevens, please go. I'll even help carry the stretcher. Unfortunately, Congress has an unwritten code: 'Don't threaten the other congressmen's loot.' The Senate reprimanded Coburn by voting 82 to 15 to save the Bridge to Nowhere...
http://tinyurl.com/albvo
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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