SEESHOLTZ: Whining GOPhers and a Loose Cannon President

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Whining GOPhers and a Loose Cannon President

January 15 2007
Counterbias.com
MEL SEESHOLTZ


Now that the United States Congress is in the hands of Democrats, the GOP that has run roughshod over everyone for more than a decade is whimpering and proposing a “Minority Bill of Rights.” Tony Auth’s cartoon captured the essence of this hypocritical, pathetic ploy: “Now remember, do unto others as you devoutly wish they had done unto you.”

To be sure, the Republicans and their Christian Right GOPhers do have something to worry about. Their backward looking, theocratic, special interest agenda may well be degutted.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set raising the minimum wage and increasing funding for stem cell research as top priorities. The GOP has always opposed raising the minimum wage. They prefer pandering to big business and big profits for corporate execs at the expenses of the workers who actually create the products and deliver the services. And, of course, there are all those corporate campaign contributions to be worried about.

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