sunday's socialist triumph

"The path to Sunday’s catastrophic vote was paved with cynical blandishments by the Democratic party’s congressional leaders to their members. The votes were induced by the assurance that in the seven remaining months before the election, the true facts of their legislation, which led to overwhelming public opposition to the bill when passed, can be undone in the minds of the voters by remorselessly repeating misconceptions to the public.

The most mendacious, cruel, and destructive proposition put forth by the Democratic congressional leadership — and soon by almost all its rank and file — is, of course, the outlandish claim that the bill will reduce the deficit.

The uncontrolled growth of the annual deficits and total public debt is at the crux of the public’s slack-jawed horror of Washington policy these past 18 months. Washington is placing our grandchildren’s prosperity on a slow boat to China."

http://article.nationalreview.com/429088/sundays-socialist-triumph/tony-blankley?page=2