Republicans love to use fear and scapegoating tactics against the left which can be hazardous to your health, but nothing conjures up those two qualities quite like the children.



Political Correction

Speaking on the House floor last night, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) complained that an unwillingness on the part of Democrats to alter the fundamental structure of Social Security and Medicare put both programs in jeopardy. "I hear our Democrat colleague say all the time, 'it's the children,'" he said. "I heard a former speaker talk about the children so much that I wanted to throw up." As he was talking, Broun was holding up a poster-sized picture of his own grandchildren and arguing that the programs need to be restructured "so that they're still available when my kids get grown."

Moments later, Broun held up another poster purporting to describe the Democrats' approach to entitlement reform: "Deny It, Delay It, and Destroy It." Clearly not understanding the irony or hypocrisy of his comments, Broun charged that Republicans are interested in solutions while Democrats are only interested in demagoguery and playing politics.