No matter what the issue, Cons have demonstrated that their only party platform is whatever anti-Obama happens to be. In a growing number of cases, this holds true … until the Cons end up working for the opposite of what they initially “stood for”. Confused yet? Don’t be – let’s look at the latest example. The Cons were entirely against the stimulus funding late last year and early this year. They issued their typical free-market-religious talking points that made no sense and patted themselves on the back for opposing anything that President Obama wanted done.
Now, a different story emerges. The same Cons who voted against the stimulus are now begging for some of those stimulus dollars to be doled out to NASA instead of other places. Now, don’t get me wrong. They certainly haven’t had an epiphany about the role that science should play in our society. No, we’re still a looooong way from that. Like everything else, this beg-session is all about politics. In this case, they can bring home some federal money (since they refuse to pay for things themselves, socialists that they are) and pat each other on the back about that.
The best part? They continue to slam the stimulus funding while begging for it to be redirected toward NASA. Two opposing viewpoints in the same request! How uniquely conservative of them.
It would make more sense for these clowns to request an increase in NASA’s operating budget for FY10 or FY11, if they’re really so concerned about the space program. But that won’t happen. They’re anti-public-investment, anti-health care reform, pro-rich tax cuts and pro-occupation. You see, Trillions of future taxpayer dollars can be spent occupying Iraq and Afghanistan. Billions and billions of taxpayer dollars can be redistributed from the middle class to the rich. But health care reform and stimulus? Not a chance! Unless they can get something out of it politically. That’s immoral.
