Democrats take a turn as patriotism police

Dan McLaughlin:

With House Republicans (and their few allies in the Senate) gearing up for another battle over whether to raise the national debt limit without doing anything to cut spending, Democrats (and their many allies in the media) are falling back on their favored tactic of attacking the other side’s motives, this time accusing Republicans of deliberately harming the economy for partisan gain. This is either a sign of Democratic desperation or, perhaps, proof that the Democrats are so far down the rabbit hole they cannot even comprehend why anyone would want to reduce spending when the nation has spent itself so deeply into debt.

The irony, of course, is that Democrats are the first people to shriek and run to the media’s self-appointed civility police when they feel their patriotism is being questioned; it’s always a big applause line for Democrats to claim that they will never question anyone’s patriotism…and also a big applause line when they do just that....

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They should at least try to come up with a coherent argument in favor of their policy.  I suspect they may even have one, they are just afraid the voters would reject them if they put it out there.  What they really want to do is tax and spend and push control freak government.  As for solving the debt crisis, they will leave that to your grand kids.