Isn't that just like a Republican

If there was a hypocrisy event in the Olympics, the GOPers would be gold medalists. After fighting tooth and nail against the stim bill, blasting the "excessive spending" and characterizing the provisions as a payback for Democratic special interests, two GOPers issued press releases praising the bill. Florida Rep. John Mica and Alaska Rep. Don Young had the nerve to take credit for spending targeting their home states without mentioning that they had voted against the bill themselves. Not that it's a big secret, but their apparent assumption that their constiuents are too stupid to notice is rather breathtaking.

On a related note, Joe Lieberman is being hailed as a hero by some for stepping in to coax the Senate GOPers into getting on board to pass the bill. To be fair, Joe's vote for the bill was never in doubt, but his last minute fly-by to shove a couple of people through the negotiating room door, is hardly heroic. It's a classic pseudo-independent ploy of his to take credit when he really didn't do any of the work.

Jane isn't buying into the whole "aren't you glad we didn't kick him out of the caucus now" schtick and neither am I.

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