Arizona: Hari Sevugan

April 12, 2009 - 01:53 pm
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GOP Leadership out of touch on the economy

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I have previously covered the GOP leadership insane clown posse's alternative GOP budget fiasco that first had no numbers and then called for more of the same Bush policies of the past eight years - only to be rejected by over 20% of House Republicans.

Last week, we had Eric Cantor (R-VA) saying that President Obama and Democrats were "overreacting" to the economic crisis. And now we have this:

I am in agreement with Nicole Belle at Crooks and Liars Michael Steele Laughs Off Economic Crisis: "The Malls Are Just As Packed":

I'm seriously starting to believe that we need to have a mandatory basic aptitude training and testing for public office: classes in history (both US and world), basic economics (macro- and micro-), ethics, etc.

March 26, 2009 - 05:56 pm
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The Party of No (New Ideas)

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Thursday was the day the big bad GOP was supposed to show up the White House by finally announcing its own economic agenda, "The Republican Road to Recovery." It was promoted heavily by Faux News and cable outlets and by conservative blogs like Politico. So what happened? The GOP failed to deliver as promised.

Here's how Mark Nickolas at politicalblog.com described it:

This afternoon, GOP House leadership called a press conference to roll-out their alternative budget. The cable news greatly hyped the event in advance. But like so much of the Republican rhetoric we get these days, it's nothing but hot air.