Do you want to know why Republicans don’t tell the truth very often? It’s because when they do, it sounds like this:
SENATOR JON KYL (R-AZ): It is true that the question of earmarks is more symbolic than it is significant in terms of the total amount of money. But if he combines that with the notion of ending wasteful Washington spending…And so if addition to earmarks, which are relatively small, you begin to focus on not just raising taxes but to reducing spending here and there, that is a big deal…
…Kyl also said that the frequent conservative catch phrase “wasteful Washington spending” is just political rhetoric. “The reason that I use it is because the consultants who look at the polls tell us that if there’s anything that drives American taxpayers crazy it’s that phrase ‘wasteful Washington spending,’” he admitted. “They hate it.”
That’s fantastic. I don’t know why Jon Kyl decided to drop the veil of deceit for a moment and tell the truth. But I do know why it is such a rare occurrence. The truth is deadly to Republican arguments.
