Bipartisan Mendacity

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 14th at 05:00 AM  | 

If House Republicans vote for the bipartisan compromise, they should be driven into the street by the tea party movement and horsewhipped — metaphorically speaking. In reality, they should be primaried. What started out as $38.5 billion in cuts, turned into around $14 billion in cuts and a bunch of accounting gimmicks. Each new day brings new disgusting revelations. According to the Congressional Budget Office, | Read More »

Responding to Stern Emails From Speaker Boehner’s Office

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 13th at 07:31 PM  | 

I’m getting stern emails from Speaker Boehner’s Office about my prior post. The Speaker is not happy with me. The feeling is mutual the more I learn of this budget deal. Here’s the first email: Subject: This is False “Turns out it does not cut $38.5 billion. According to the Congressional Budget Office, it only cuts $353 million.” From story: “The CBO study confirms that | Read More »