Speaking (again) of Hypocrisy: Schwarzenegger style

Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calls out fellow republicans for their hypocrisy on the stimulus.

"Well, you know, to me I find it interesting that you have a lot of the Republicans running around and pushing back on the stimulus money and saying this doesn't create any new jobs, and then they go out and they do the photo ops and they are posing with the big check and they say, isn't this great?" he said. "Look what the kind of -- the kind of money I provide here for the state, and this is great money to create jobs, and this has created 10,000 new jobs and this has created 20,000 new jobs. And all of these kind of things. It doesn't match up."

Republicans have been attempting to fire back at Democrats for not returning the tax cuts many received under Bush. Here is the difference and it is a big one. The Republicans argument is that the Stimulus does not create jobs at best and hurts job creation in all probability. They then turn around and solicit funds for and brag to their constituents about all the jobs they have help create and save through these very same funds (that don't create jobs and probably hurts job creation.) This pretty much has to be the definition of hypocrisy.

I often say it is more difficult being a liberal, due to the fact that often liberal answers don't often fit on a bumper sticker. In reality issues are complex and often times the answer is complicated. Republicans have settled on lower taxes, small government fits well sounds great, but in reality it doesn't mean shit when they are in control See the 8 years under Bush. That being said the issues of Repulicans performing their doublespeak on the stimulus might be one the Democrats feel they can take advantage of. Hypocrit fits very well on a bumper sticker. It is something everyone can understand and many Republicans were kind enough to provide thier own little visual aids with those big checks in hand. Democrats have every right to take those big checks and beat the republicans over the head with them as matter of fact they have a responsibility to do so. They also need to continue to focus and doing what is necessary in order to make sure the recovery works it's way down the workers of the country and not just the boards.