12/30/2008

Republicans disowning Bush Bailouts

The Washington Times has this:

Republican Party officials say they will try next month to pass a resolution accusing President Bush and congressional Republican leaders of embracing "socialism," underscoring deep dissension within the party at the end of Mr. Bush's administration.

Those pushing the resolution, which will come before the Republican National Committee at its January meeting, say elected leaders need to be reminded of core principles. They said the RNC must take the dramatic step of wading into policy debates, which traditionally have been left to lawmakers.

"We can't be a party of small government, free markets and low taxes while supporting bailouts and nationalizing industries, which lead to big government, socialism and high taxes at the expense of individual liberty and freedoms," said Solomon Yue, an Oregon member and co-sponsor of a resolution that criticizes the U.S. government bailouts of the financial and auto industries. Republican National Committee Vice Chairman James Bopp Jr. wrote the resolution and asked the rest of the 168 voting members to sign it. . . .

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2 Comments:

Blogger Wayne Conrad said...

Closing the barn door after the horse has bolted, perhaps?

12/30/2008 7:57 PM  
Blogger The Right Guy said...

I consider this hypocritical since they were against the ban until they got enough pork to vote for it. THey should have been against it from the beginning until the end. The sky didn't fall, did it?

12/30/2008 8:49 PM  

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