Dumb Letters to the Plain Dealer, Part CCXV = "MY Republican Party . . . right now and ALWAYS!"

[HughBeaumont]

http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2010/04/the_facts_about_democrats_and.html

Today's woefully unfactual toolbagger comes from Cleveland, who's responding to a letter appropriately asking "Where were the Tea Party nutters for the past 8 years when Bush was genuinely wasting trillions and doubling the national debt". So leave it up to our revisionist fiends in the Glen Beckiverse to . . . . straighten things out .. . . geez.

A letter writer Friday needs to "check the facts," as he advises others to do.

Congress -- specifically, the House of Representatives -- is in charge of appropriations. Under President Ronald Reagan, the deficit went up under a Democratic-controlled House. Same with President George H.W. Bush. Under President Bill Clinton, the deficit went up, until Republicans took control of Congress and cut spending to balance the budget. Under President George W. Bush and the six years of Republican control of the House and Senate, the deficit went up -- and the party suffered losses in 2006 and 2008.

But even at George W. Bush's worst, the deficit, was less than 3 percent of GDP. Under President Barack Obama and his Democratic-controlled Congress, the deficit has increased to nearly 12 percent of GDP.

The question is not, where were the Tea Partyers? The question is, will the Democratic Party be held accountable for its irresponsible spending?

Joe Campese, Cleveland

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

I mean, where do you begin? Where do you end? Did he miss the President's veto power? Did he miss the Bush Rubberstamp-o-rama? Was he above ground during both Reagan and Bush II's ballooning of the debt, mostly to help rich people and the MIC? Did he grossly fail Revisionism 101?

Didn't really take long for someone to shoot this nutter down in the comments section. It's sad, really.