Republican hypocrisy - where to start?

Let's start with the handling of terrorists:

The republicans have been relentless in their criticism of Pres. Obama's handling of terrorists.

- In 2009, we caught twice as many terrorists as did bush.

- Only the terrorists released from Gitmo by bush have rejoined terrorists groups.

- bush tried hundreds of terrorists in civilian courts while Pres. Obama is criticized by republicans for doing so.

- bush took 10 days to respond to Richard Reed (the shoe bomber) but Pres. Obama was criticized for taking 3 days to speak about the Christmas day underwear bomber.

- bush tried the shoe bomber in civilian court but Pres. Obama is criticized for wanting to try the underwear bomber in civilian court.

- the republicans leaders criticized the underwear bomber being mirandized but were told on Christmas Day that the FBI had the underwear bomber in custody. They claim they didn't know the FBI would mirandize him!! The shoe bomber was mirandized within 5 minutes.

Edited February 10, 201016 yr by Cleo's Mom

Backroom deals:

The republicans have been very vocal in their criticisms of the deals made with Ben Nelson and Mary Landreiu in the passage of the senate health bill.

However:

Republican Sen. Christopher Bond, R-MO, put a hold on the appointment of Martha Johnson to the General Service Administration (a non-political position) to pressure the government into approving a building project in Kansas City.

Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. - has placed a hold on all outstanding Obama administration nominations- about 70 high level government positions - until his state gets a tanker contract and a counterterrorism center.

Republican voting:

Republicans repeatedly voted to raise the debt ceiling under bush but refused to do so under Pres. Obama.

A bi-partisan deficit reduction committee was sponsosed by 6 republicans, but when Pres. Obama said it was a good idea, these 6 voted against it.

Republicans were for pay as you go under bush - against it under Pres. Obama.

Republicans were for trying suspects in civil court under bush - then against it under Pres. Obama.

Republicans were for cap & trade under bush - then against it under Pres. Obama.

Edited February 10, 201016 yr by Cleo's Mom

Healthcare:

Republican Boehner said the repubicans wanted several things in the healthcare bill. He said they were:

1) Being able to buy insurance across state lines: check ! Was put in the senate bill.

2) Tort reform. Check! Was put in the senate bill.

3) Let small businesses group together to buy insurance for less. Check! Was put in the senate bill.

4) States can opt out if they can show they have a better health care program. Check! That was put in the bill.

Republicans say they were shut out of the process. NOT TRUE.

However, despite their input into the bill, not one republican voted for it. In addition, Boehner says we should start over (that's republican speak for "kill it").

Don't ask, don't tell:

In 2006, Republican John McCain told a public audience that regarding this, he would defer to the military leaders on their opinions.

Well, fast-forward to 2010 and congressional hearings on this. At this hearing - the joint chief of staff and the secretary of defense both say that DADT should be repealed, but NOW McCain wants them to defer to him (congress).

Words people use:

Sarah Palin demanded that Rahm Emmanuel, Pres. Obama's chief of staff, be fired for using the word retarded in a private conversation. He has since apologized and it was accepted.

She did not call for the firing of Glenn Beck on Fox, or rush limbaugh for using the word "retard" (more than once) in a very degrading way.

The stimulus spending. Perhaps nothing that Pres. Obama has done has generated more criticism from the republicans and the right than the stimulus spending.

Those who had the opportunity to vote for it voted against it. And then they went public with almost daily bashing of it. Other elected republican leaders (like governors) also went public with their criticisms.

The following is a PARTIAL list of republicans who voted AGAINST the stimulus and/or publicly bashed it but then PRAISED the stimulus when their district or state received the funds, started projects and created jobs.

Many of these HYPOCRITES then showed up at the ribbon cutting for the projects funded by the stimulus funds they voted against and had no shame standing there with the giant check their district/state received.

Some names might be misspelled but ALL ARE REPUBLICANS AND HYPOCRITES:

Bobby Jindal

Phil Gingry

John Mika

Frank Wolf

Bill Shuster

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Richard Burr

Kitt Bond

Joe Wilson

Bob Bennett

Pat Tebery

Mary Mack

Mike Johan

Lemar Alexander

John Linden

Mike Castle

Eric Cantor

John Boehner

Jim Imhoff

Jack Kingston

John Carter

Glenn Thompson

Keep in mind that all these people publicly criticized the stimulus then publicly praised it when THEY got the money and said great things about it when it started projects and created jobs in their district/state.

Here is the newest republican email going around....................

"Does this photo of President Obama in the Oval Office convey anything about his attitude and arrogance?

Would you speak with the Chief of Staff, your Chief Economics Adviser, your Senior Adviser, or anyone, with your feet up on the Resolute Desk - a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880?

This arrogant, immature, self-centered man has no sense of honor, or simple decency.

While this posture is disrespectful in any culture, it is certainlly not appropriate in any executive setting. Further, in over half of the cultures of the world, it is recognized not only as disrespectful,

but as an extreme insult.

Electing him was an enormous mistake and will cost us in many ways, for generations"

I am just wondering does anyone recognize this guy and this desk?

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Lets not forget when bush was seen looking under that desk trying to find WMD's and laughing about it saying they were there somewhere. I guess it was amusing to him that our soldiers died trying to find those phantom weapons of mass destruction.

The deficit:

Sen. Sanders (I-VT): "Let me begin by saying something to my friend Senator Gregg, through the chairman, through the chairman. I really don't like being lectured on deficits when you (Sen. Gregg) and many members of your party (Republicans) helped cause the situation we are in right now. "

"People voted, Senator Gregg, I believe you are one of them, for a war in Iraq, which some people will think will cost two or three trillion dollars, but you forgot to pay for that war. You and other people voted for tax breaks for the wealthiest 1%, costs $600 billion dollars, forgot to pay for that. You voted for a prescription drug medicare bill which will cost $400 billion dollars but doesn't negotiate prices with the pharmaceutical industry, forgot to ask how that was going to be paid for, you voted for the bailout and I believe you want to repeal the inheritance tax, which will cost a trillion dollars over a ten year period, benefiting the top 3/10ths of 1%. I voted against all of those things, so please, please, spare the lectures on deficit reduction."

But the first thing out of the mouths of the obstructionist republicans about health care reform was "how are you going to pay for it"? And even when the CBO showed it would reduce the deficit, they still voted against it.

Thank you for bring some sanity to a discussion about Republicans v. Democrats.

Instead of suggesting tea bagging parties and birther partiesa and instead of posting rants and raves from extremists, you've chosen to post the truth. It's refreshing.

Thank you for bring some sanity to a discussion about Republicans v. Democrats.

Instead of suggesting tea bagging parties and birther partiesa and instead of posting rants and raves from extremists, you've chosen to post the truth. It's refreshing.

Thanks, BJean, it's almost a full-time job keeping up with the republican hypocrisy but someone's got to do it. :scared2:

You da man! Excellent job. I am grateful! Please keep up the good work.

Health care reform negotiations:

Republican Senator Kyl* (Arizona) criticized democrats for negotiating for healthcare behind closed doors. But now that democrats and republicans are to be on tv for the negotiations he said: well, you know some of these negotiations need to take place behind closed doors.

*You may recall that during the senate healthcare debates last year Sen. Kyl said he didn't know why maternity care was in the health bill because he didn't need it.

This never gets old.

Healthcare reform: Medicare buy-in

from Open Congress

Joe Lieberman: For Medicare Buy-In Before He Was Against It

December 14, 2009 - by Donny Shaw

Over the weekend, Sen. Joe Lieberman [i, CT], one of the key swing votes on health care, informed Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] that he would vote with the Republicans to filibuster the Democrats’ latest health care “deal,” which would drop the public option in exchange for allowing people aged 55 to 64 to buy into Medicare. To be clear, Lieberman opposes keeping the public option in the bill as well.

Talking Points Memo today had a good catch. As a Vice Presidential candidate in 2000 and as recently as September of this year, Lieberman was a strong backer of opening up Medicare and allowing people to buy into it. In 2000 Bangor Daily News reported:

[Lieberman] said during the interview that the fastest growing group of uninsured are those 55 to 65. For that reason, the ticket proposes an expansion of Medicare to allow those and older to buy into the public program. There would still be a buy-in price but it would be less than buying private insurance, he said.

And here’s the Connecticut Post on September 8 2009 outlining Lieberman’s preferred ways to reform the health care system:

By allowing citizens who are not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid to buy in for a rate below the private market, the government can extend coverage to more of those who are currently uninsured, he said.

Joe says he is an independent, caucuses with the democrats and votes like and is a hypocrite like a republican.