GOP: PASSING OBAMA STIMULUS PACKAGE WILL BE DISASTER FOR OUR PARTY
By R J Shulman
WASHINGTON (PTSD News) – Leading Republicans warned the American public that passage of Obama’s stimulus package would lead to “a disaster of biblical proportions.” “If Obama succeeds and the economy improves,” said Senator Shelby of Alabama, “that would be cataclysmic for Republican hopes of shifting the blame for the economic crisis from us to the Democrats.”

Thus, the GOP has focused its efforts on turning Obama’s proposed stimulus package away from one about jobs, unemployment relief and infrastructure improvements to more tax cuts for big business and the wealthy. “We know that big breaks for the rich and deregulation caused the mess we are in,” said Senator McCain, “so we want to make sure there is plenty of the same in Obama’s plan so he can share the blame for the economic catastrophe. Blinding stupidity should be bi-partisan.”

“We can’t expect our grandchildren’s grandchildren to pay for these jobs, hospitals, schools and bridges,” Shelby said, “when they will have to pay for the Iraq war and Wall Street bonuses first.”

“I am pleased to see that our congressional Republicans know what all of you ditto heads already know,” said Republican chief strategist Rush Limbaugh to his radio audience, “and that is that the single most important issue facing American in these economically perilous times is to see to it that Obama fails, even if it means that every American becomes destitute and starves to death in the process.”