{"id":1675,"date":"2011-07-25T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2011-07-24T23:34:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T04:34:34","slug":"did-gop-and-democrats-get-their-scripts-mixed-up-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=1675","title":{"rendered":"Did GOP and Democrats get their scripts mixed up this time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/switchingplaces.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1677\" title=\"switchingplaces\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/switchingplaces.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;ve read much of what I&#8217;ve written, you&#8217;ll know that I have no use for either of the mainstream parties. I don&#8217;t closely follow the debate of the moment in D.C. anymore, because I honestly don&#8217;t think it matters.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the hypocrisy on both sides gets too thick not to notice, though. The two parties frequently switch sides on positions &#8212; based on which party holds the White House at the moment, it seems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swampland.time.com\/2011\/07\/24\/with-eight-days-till-debt-armageddon-democrats-and-republicans-forge-ahead-on-divergent-paths\/\" target=\"_blank\">Right now<\/a>, Democrats are screaming that the debt ceiling must be raised and that anyone who doesn&#8217;t vote to raise it is irresponsible. Republicans are piously intoning that there can&#8217;t be more borrowing without some serious budget cuts. (Of course, their idea of &#8220;serious cuts&#8221; amounts to trimming toenails in my book, but we&#8217;ll leave that alone.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the positions the two parties took on the issue of raising the debt ceiling in 2006. With a Republican in the White House, the Republicans voted to raise it. Democrats voted against it. Check the link below for details of how the Senate voted. They&#8217;re almost all a bunch of partisan hypocrites.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/vote.xpd?vote=s2006-54\">GovTrack: Senate Vote On Passage: H. J. Res. 47 [109th]: Debt Limit Increase resolution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve read much of what I&#8217;ve written, you&#8217;ll know that I have no use for either of the mainstream parties. I don&#8217;t closely follow the debate of the moment in D.C. anymore, because I honestly don&#8217;t think it matters. Sometimes the hypocrisy on both sides gets too thick not to notice, though. 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