So, President Obama held forth for an hour on national television tonight to sell his so-called "economic stimulus" plan. The transcript confirms further what we've been seeing for weeks now as he and congressional Democrats try to ram their scheme down our throats: the only way they can get this thing passed is through brazen falsehoods and the hope that the public won't wake up in time.
This, for example, is flatly untrue:
"It also contains an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability so that every American will be able to go online and see where and how we're spending every dime. What it does not contain, however, is a single pet project, not a single earmark, and it has been stripped of the projects members of both parties found most objectionable."
This is a misleading strawman:
"And if there's anyone out there who still doesn't believe this constitutes a full-blown crisis, I suggest speaking to one of the millions of Americans whose lives have been turned upside-down because they don't know where their next paycheck is coming from."
Every day brings new revelations of cunning leftist provisions tucked into the package, like a stealth strategy to assert unprecedented control over our medical choices.
If it was all so good, they wouldn't have to lie.
Congress, just say no.
Posted by Alan at February 9, 2009 10:45 PM