California Democrats Show Their True Colors...AGAIN
I love it. Some members of the Democratic Progressive Caucus were caught with their pants down this week. Turns out that their "brainstorming" session on the California budget was accidentally broadcast throughout the entire Capitol building. And boy, did their true colors shine through.
Remember, it's been the Democrats that keep accusing the Republicans of stalling the budget process and of starving kids and killing old people if they get their version of the budget.
Well, guess what? Liberal Democrats like Jackie Goldberg admitted (in what they thought were private conversations) that it was in their interest to keep the stalemate going. It would, in their view, help them get the votes of the people to reduce the vote threshold for spending increases from a "Super majority" to a simple 55% majority.
JACKIE GOLDBERG: "But we have to figure out what we do think. And I do think it has to be in line with two things....One is how it impacts the 55% proposition. And secondly whether or not--if there's going to be a crisis to happen--if there's going to be a crisis, whether it should be this year or next year, in terms of members of our House who want to get re-elected, in terms of members of our House who (inaudible). Personally, I think the crisis is better off this year than next year."
And then, in a classic Keystone Cops scene, an unidentified staffer chimes in to the bunch: "Excuse me, guys, you can be heard outside."
To which, Jackie Goldberg exclaimed: "Oh Sh--!"
Oh yes indeed. Classic liberals caught once more with feet firmly in mouths. They've accused the Republicans of starving people and killing people for every day that we don't have a budget. Doesn't this revealing scene above make them accessories to murder, if we use their same analogy?
(Thanks to Assemblyman Tony Cox and his office for providing a transcript of this embarrassing conversation.)
22 July 2003 - Spencer Hughes
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