Sunday talk shows were loaded with examples of how unabashed Rethug hypocrisy is, examples provided by... Republicans. (Once again, we distinguish between "Rethugs," the cynical, nihilistic wingnuts, and "Republicans," those who hold principled, conservative positions.) Sunday's profiles in courage from the right (all courtesy of HuffPo):
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who ripped Rethugs in general and Mittens/ Flip/ Willard Romney in particular for railing against the stimulus funds while happily taking credit in photo/ ops. Check out the link to the AP's fact checking of Willard's address to the CPAC crackpot conference. And,
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who rejected Dick "The Dick" Cheney's oft-repeated assertion that the U.S. is less safe under the Obama Administration that it was under the Cheney/ Bush Assministration. Powell's not the only one who doesn't know what The Dick is talking about!
For a refreshing bit of push-back against the Village meme that "bipartisanship good, partisanship bad", here's Arianna Huffington's rejoinder on "This Week", with a "hear, hear" from right-wing partisan Quill Will. Pointing out that the end of slavery, Social Security and the New Deal, Medicare/ Medicaid and voting rights were all born out of partisanship, she slaps down host Terry "Get a Brain, Morans" Moran's hypothesis that Americans are in a middle "muddle" (speak for yourself and other Villagers, Terry).
UPDATE: You can add Florida's Gov. Charlie Crist to the list of principled Republicans (i.e., he doesn't lie about the stimulus like a Rethug).
