Dems To Offer a Moral Argument
Democrats lost the election because blah….blah….blah…. Whether or not the Democrats will ever understand that voters rejected their candidate, and the reasons surrounding that rejection is debatable. The statements of Representatives Pelosi and Rangel show that some lessons have clearly been learned, even if it’s only to feign being the party of conservatism and values.
House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, says that the Democratic members of the House will try to hold Republican members more accountable for growing the growing federal deficit. Pelosi says that the President will have nobody to blame, as the Republicans will control both houses of Congress. Of course, no mention of the Democrat’s inability to consider cutting any of a number of government programs, or how they campaign that the Republicans cut spending in particular programs, even if the truth was that the Republicans cut only the rate of growth in spending.
Good ‘ole Charlie Rangel says that there will be lots of discussion of moral values over the next two years. How’s that? The ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee says that the Democrats will make an argument that driving up the debt by cutting taxes is a moral issue.
It’ll be an interesting discussion should their current plan hold firm. After all, many of us have openly asked for a real discussion of the principles of governance and the interjection of a different moral basis will only make it more interesting, at least to the policy oriented among us. Will it help them? Unlikely, as those who are driven by a moral view, in particular with regard to governance, are more apt to seek small government and to see the move as a ploy to steal away the moral values voters. As for me, I'm for reduced spending, far beyond what'll be offered by either party, and realistic enough to not expect it.
