The "Pledge to America" was filled with familiar (i.e., tired) proposals to slash taxes and spending and cut down on government regulation, as well as repeal President Barack Obama's health care law and end his stimulus program. In a show of unity, Senate Republicans and Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, issued strong statements of support.
Republicans have sought to turn the midterm elections into a referendum on the policies of President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress. Democrats, in turn, want it to become a choice between two alternatives — what they describe as their own efforts to fix the economy, as opposed to what they criticize as Bush-era policies that led to a severe recession.
For their part, Democrats dismissed the GOP plan as recycled ideas that would further exacerbate the nation's problems.
"Republicans want to return to the same failed economic policies that hurt millions of Americans and threatened our economy," said Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The plan steers clear of specifics on important issues, (Imagine that!!!) such as how it will "put government on a path to a balanced budget." It omits altogether the question of how to address looming shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare, which account for a huge portion of the nation's soaring deficit, instead including a vague promise: "We will make the decisions that are necessary to protect our entitlement programs. (In other words, "we didn't think through this much at all and we're looking for a publicity stunt).""
Also not addressed is trimming the wasteful military and end two Conk-conceived wars.
Patent Conk crap, short on specifics, regurgitation of old, failed ideas. They want to stay in the present, go back to their shameful past and offer nothing for the future. How typical. Hey, if going back to this shit is so good, why not roll out old W to promote it???
Dead on arrival.
