Republicans may control Congress and the White House, but a leading House Republican says they can't be blamed for runaway federal spending on their watch.In other news, up is down, four legs ae better, the founding fathers who "designed" Congress were all Democrats, and the buck never stops here.
Blame it on the war, said Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas. Or the Democrats.
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He also blamed Democrats, complaining that they haven't offered any suggestions on how to cut spending. He said they created a congressional budget process that makes it difficult to cut spending.
"We've been operating off a Congress designed by Democrats," he said.
The Republicans took control of Congress in 1995.
The bugman and his boys own the media, and all three branches of government, but it's the Democrats who created overspending, run-away borrowing, irresponsible tax cuts, Katrina, Wilma and Al Qaeda.
All of it. On purpose.