Republicans at the Wailing Wall
It’s a sight for sore eyes, all these conservative Republicans having given so much away in the past five years instead of conserving that they’re bickering over how to pay for Katrina.
I’ve got an entirely new concept for you, guys and gals. It’s called taxes.
Taxes are not something you merely cut for the benefit of the rich, they are a source of income. Surprised? I’ll bet you all thought that income was the big dough all those foreigners were sending us every month to prop up Iraq and the tax cuts.
Wrongo! That’s called the deficit. Repeat after me, “That’s called the deficit.” Good.
The White House Budget Director, a guy by the name of Joshua Bolton, had a meeting the other day to try to stop a stampede. The Congressional Republicans were milling restlessly out there on the congressional range, pawing at the ground and snorting, for a change. The whiff of predators was in the air. Mid term elections sneakin' up behind them, back on the home turf. Too few cowboys and too many In…