We
shouldn’t have been surprised. Mitt Romney not only picked a vice presidential
candidate with whom he’s comfortable, he got one whose purchase on truth is no
better than his own. I will remind you that everything Mitt (rhymes with…) now
opposes he was once for. “Obamacare” is almost exactly the program Mr. Mitten
signed into law in Massachusetts. He also welcomed gay marriage in the Bay
State, but now he’s really, really against it. Don’t get me started on where
Mitt once stood—on slippery ground I now realize—on a woman’s right to choose,
on military spending, on public education, and on federal aid to states and
municipalities.
Enter
Paul Ryan—rhymes with lyin’—who says we need to dramatically downsize
government. Ryan says that special projects, earmarks, and
government-subsidized big-budget initiatives are especially evil--unless they
benefit his Wisconsin district that is. Lyin’ slammed the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act as a “wasteful spending spree” and voted against it. That’s
what he did in public, but like his greasy running mate, his Mr. Hyde private
side was a different matter. He wrote four letters to the Obama administration
Energy Department requesting millions of dollars for a Wisconsin “green” geothermal
energy project, the likes of which his Tea Party supporters decry as
extravagant frauds. He also wrangled $5.4 million in earmark funds for
Wisconsin for things such as improved state bus service, a scenic trail, and a
transit network for his hometown of Janesville. (Why, one might ask, did a city
of over 63,000 not already have such a system? Guess it couldn’t get enough federal funds until Santa Ryan put it
into its stocking.) Oh yeah, Ryan also lobbied in favor of the auto industry bailout. Do you think the feds helped
Janesville when its General Motors plant closed? If you answered “yes,” take a
gobble from Congressman Ryan’s Big Bag of Pork.
Romney
and Ryan—two hypocrites from the same corporate mindset: screw you, as long as
I get mine. Well… water finds its own level. So does shit.
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