Tax Cut Irrationale #6 - The Rove Edition

The Republican playbook that Karl "The Architect" Rove sang out of at a speech to the Republican faithful was the same old song and dance that simply shouldn't work again. Ol' Karl wants to label Democrats as "tax-and-spenders" again. I have to give it to him, he had a pretty witty way of saying it:

Democrats haven’t seen a tax cut they like or a tax increase they oppose. They see tax increases as a virtue. They believe taxes should be raised in times of decline and in times of prosperity. During war and during peace-time. In even years and odd ones. During days of sunshine and days of rain. They believe every day is a good day to raise your taxes.

One problem...not a word of it's true.

And he knows it.

And he could care less.

I've reworked his quote to be something a bit more accurate:

Republicans haven’t seen a lobbyist or tax break they oppose. They see lobbyists as a necessary way to get money and tax breaks for those who have hired the lobbyists and rich folks as a virtue. They believe lobbyists and their clients should receive tax breaks in times of decline and in times of prosperity. During war and during peacetime. In even years and odd ones. During days of sunshine and days of rain. They believe every day is a good day to give tax breaks to lobbyist's clients and rich people.

Now that's an accurate statement.

Why is it that so many people continue to buy Rove and the Republican's argument and completely ignore the realities of the truely reckless fiscal policies of this administration and the unchecked "spend-and-borrow?" Are we so clueless that we can ignore the massive increase in debt, massive increase in pork spending, and the largest increase in Congressional hutzpah in our lifetimes?

Short answer? Yeah. That's what they're banking on.