Ethics

Most. Staggering. Statement. Ever.

By Ed Brayton

Andrew Sullivan spotted this quote from Hugh Hewitt and it just has to be seen to be believed:

Unlike the TARP funds, which could conceivably come back to the taxpayer and which went mostly into financial stability efforts, the massive spending splurge unveiled by House Democrats is just a joke, an expression of eight years of pent-up liberal frustrations at fiscal discipline --the teenagers given a fifth and the car keys, out on a destructive joyride.

While I share Hewitt's concern about the Democrats' plans to add such massive debt in the name of economic growth, how in the world can he possibly refer to the last 8 years as being an example of "fiscal discipline"? He didn't just drink the koolaid, he has an IV pumping the stuff directly into his veins. It's an absolutely staggering statement.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 19, 2009 (boomark / email).