Democrats Are Whining

They tried to saddle us with yet another $1 BILLION dollar spending bill by "attaching" it to a "must-pass" bill in Congress, hoping the Republicans will let it go through. They didn't, so the Democrats are "whining," calling the Republicans "sheep and chickens" for not following THEIR lead. Did it not occur to the Democrats that the Republicans might "march to a different drummer" and so not be willing to spend a billion bucks on DEMOCRAT pork? "WASHINGTON -- The ploy had been hatched behind closed doors by Democratic leaders of both houses. A pork-laden appropriations bill filled with $1 billion in earmarks would combine with veto-proof spending for veterans. Instead, the two measures were decoupled in a Senate party-line vote last Tuesday." They call it "betrayal." I call it "heading them off at the pass." For my part, I'd much rather the Republicans were "sheep and chickens" for REPUBLICAN aims, not Democrat aims. (Robert D. Novak, 11/12/07)