029 – Thank you Rand Paul … for ALMOST all of the wrong reasons. (An editorial)

Don’t get me wrong.  Rand Paul is a total jerk.  But thank God right now he is the REPUBLICAN’s total jerk. Funny thing about it is that he is not completely wrong … but he is also being comically hypocritical.

Of course, both sides of the aisle are responsible for continued, excessive spending. But at least this is one thing that the Democrats are being generally honest about what they are idealistically trying to do with the money – help the people who need it. The Republicans, on the other hand, are blatently hypocritical with almost anything that comes out of their mouths … but none more so than with deficit spending. They rail about the Democratic abuse when Dems are in power, but then do even more when they are in power themselves – only their money goes primarily/substantially to the rich.

What Rand Paul is not saying right now is that everything he is railing against is EXACTLY what just happened when the Republicans passed that tax bill abomination … and RAND PAUL VOTED FOR THAT AS WELL. Where was his outrage then?

Rand Paul is now shouting: “How could they possibly be trying to ram through a spending bill that has not been read by anyone, and that has not been allowed to have any amendments?”

HELLO!  Does that sound at all frigging familiar?

Frankly, I don’t have a problem with a government shutdown. This never, ever should have been a situation where the deal was DACA being bargained in exchange for that ridiculous border wall or for the other legal immigration restrictions. But the Dem’s don’t have any power right now, so they have to take what they can get.

But this is beautiful – bring on the shutdown and let Paul and his fellow Republicans take the well-deserved blame.  They will probably still try to blame it on the Democrats, but maybe this time it will at least be a tougher sell.

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P.S.  It is not worth a full, separate editorial (but maybe at least a Facebook post).  But here’s a You Go Girl to Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois.  She shoved Trump’s bullshit complaint about his not receiving praise from the Democrats during the State of the Union right back in Trump’s face.  “Cadet Bone Spurs” indeed.  Said Sen. Duckworth:  “I will not be lectured about what our military needs (nor will I take being accused of treason) by a five deferment draft dodger.”