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Istook: “Obama-Pelosi Bill Makes For Stimulating Reality TV”

By Ernest Istook 

The American people are waking up. The behemoth Obama-Pelosi “stimulus” bill rampaging through Congress is just another bailout: this time to rescue big government from its own misbehavior.

From an entertainment standpoint, the biggest problem is finding a proper name. The bill deserves Hollywood treatment because it included such special goodies for Hollywood (at least until Sen. Tom Coburn (R- OK) played Grinch and got them removed). But it’s a cacophony of ideas that only “Mad Men” could love.

It could be named “CSI” — “Congressional Stimulus Inefficiency.”

Either that or “Ugly Betty.”

It’s time to drop the “stimulus” and “economic recovery” terms and call the legislation by its proper description: The Mother of All Government Bailouts. Read more…

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Congress, Ernest Istook Trackback URL for this entry

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