This is the problem with the GOP. This moron Joe Knollenberg could not have made it any clearer than he does following the first question Neal Cavuto asks him. When dealing with the bailouts, Neal asks, “Why do you draw the line with our money?”
Knollenberg, a supposed Republican, responds, “It is not your money!”
Un. Be. Lievable.
Where did the money come from Congressman? It came from the wallets of the people, the people who give you the consent to govern them. Where is the GOP outrage on this? The rightosphere is all over it:
- “Knollenberg is a fine argument for term limits for Congressmen.” – Holy Coast
- “If this isn’t a prime example of why Republicans got wiped out, I don’t know what is.” – Conservatives with Attitude!
- “Someone needs to remind this guy, who thankfully lost his bid for reelection, that the government is not independently wealthy but funded by the taxpayers.” – Neal’s Nuze
- “Is it any wonder why Michigan is and has been one of the nations most economically depressed states for such a long long time?” – Stormin’s Morning Java
- “Excuse me? The money being used to bailout the financial institutions and the money that would be used to bailout the auto industry isn’t the taxpayer’s money? Exactly whose it is, Congressman Knollenberg? Yours?” – The American Pundit
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“The Constitution expressly forbids this kind of spending, but not only do you ignore that in violation of your oath of office you then arrogantly claim that money being spent by the government somehow doesn’t in actuality belong to the people.
If the party were healthy, the conservative leaders in the GOP would be lining up to have press conferences to absolutely blast this RINO cretin.” – Save the GOP
As Boortz noted, Knollenberg was defeated in the last election, but what difference does it really make. I don’t think he was ousted because of his looting attitude, but more because of the Obama-mania in his district.
The GOP is rife with people like Joe Knollenberg, which is the problem. Sure, you find your occasional Jeff Flake or Tom Coburn, but for the most part, the GOP doesn’t get the idea of limited government anymore. This is illustrated by the fact that when they had to chance to take a stand on earmarks, they chose to continue them rather than stop them.
Someone needs to make a stand in Congress. Someone needs to call out these RINOs, these big spending Republicans, for what they are doing to the party, but more importantly, what they are doing to the country. The country is headed down the same road the Soviet Union went down. Our spending habits are going to be our destruction, and the party that could take the wheel and steer us away from it is giving directions to the ash heap of history.
Where are the Reagan conservatives and why are they afraid to scream from the rooftops, “I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!”?
