Reply #4: So the logic is that one party is hoping for the worst, [View All]

[hughee99]

if not actively working for it, because it will hurt them politically if the other party succeeds (from the "Republicans Fight Obama's Stimulus Plans, Fearing Its Success Will Mean Years of Political Oblivion" article). My brother was saying something exactly like this last week... except he's a freeper... and it started out "The Democrats are doing everything they can to prevent any sort of success in Iraq because it will hurt them politically"... and he's been saying it for 6 years now.

Leaving aside the fact that THAT ship has already sailed, the argument makes it sound like repukes only oppose these sort of policies because of the current political outlook. In reality, many repukes have been on record for quite some time opposing "New Deal" type policies. They didn't become stupid and heartless overnight because it was the politically expedient thing to do, they've been stupid and heartless for years.