1. The reasonable: Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) about some Republicans threat to shut down the government unless they defund ObamaCare:
"It seems to me there's appropriate ways to deal with the law, but shutting down the government to get your way over an unrelated piece of legislation is the political equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum.2. The extreme: Rep. Paul Braun (R-GA), flaunting his position as the ultra-conservative candidate in a crowded field for the Republican nomination to replace Sen. Saxby Chambliss, said the following:
On taxes: "Ten percent is good enough for the Lord, so it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam."Remember Paul Braun is a doctor, so he should know about such things, right? Yeah. But he also insists that "The theory of evolution is a lie straight from the pits of hell."
On abortion: "Planned Parenthood wants to continue abortion all the way up to the second that the head pops out, that the whole body pops out."
Unfortunately, Braun's rhetoric represents the strangle-hold his ilk has on the Congress. To further illustrate his unreasonable positions: He wants to cut taxes in half but have good quality health care for all Americans, provide quality education for all children, and take care of senior citizens; be good stewards of our environment (in the biblical sense) but abolish the EPA.
He wants us to have all these things; he just doesn't trust the federal government to do them, so he wants to abolish all the bureacracies -- and cut taxes in half.
So what's the treatment plan, Dr. Braun? We're waiting for some details that make sense.
Ralph
At a slightly higher level of difference, there is the Chris Christie/Rand Paul cat fight.
ReplyDeletePaul told FoxNews this morning that "The Republican party is big enough for both of us."
But then he had to add: "Christie he started it."