More message discipline from Republicans this morning, in this case by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on NPR. Gov. Daniels, a far too serious presidential candidate for today's anti-intellectual, anti-fact Republican party (apparently Daniels, among other things, did not dismantle Indiana's state government - at least not yet - and believes Obama was indeed born in the United States) called the deficit - not unemployment, not the lack of corporate hiring, not Al Qaeda, not the two wars we are currently fighting - the BIGGEST threat to the United States.
Daniels was unusually pressed by the normally non-confrontational host of "Morning Edition" Steve Inskeep about his role as budget chief for Bush 43. When Inskeep pointed out that when Bush came in office there was a budget surplus and when he left office there was a huge deficit Daniels immediately got defensive quick. He went on to downplay the measures of the Clinton administration - there was a tech bubble, etc. but he also failed to mention Clinton also DID NOT invade two countries without paying for it - and whined, whined, whined.
When Inskeep also pointed out that Clinton raised taxes for the wealthy as a way of fighting the deficit. Daniels defended the Bush tax cuts as a stimulus!
So more hypocrisy and irony from Rs. If the deficit is the number one threat to these United States, why not do what Clinton did and raise taxes for the wealthiest Americans? Why isn't everything on the table in this fight for our survival?
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