Farm Bill Shows the Democrats' Fiscal Responsiblity

...is even worse than the Republicans. In short, the farm bill will increase spending by 44% over the last one. Robert Novak goes ballistic at the craven Republicans who supported this.

Minority Whip Roy Blunt voted for the bill. So did Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam, who was seen whipping votes for passage. House Republicans voted 100 to 91 to approve the bill (with only 15 Democrats in opposition), assuring an overridden veto. Similarly, in the Senate, Republicans voted 35 to 13 for the bill, and the only Democrats opposing it were Rhode Island's two senators.

Two things jump out at me about this. First, the Democrats have the majority and only two Democratic senators and 15 Democratic congresscreatures opposed it. The Democrats are far more in favor of this than the Republicans.

Second, and most importantly, Robert Novak doesn't even mention it. It's gotten to the point where no one expects the Democrats to do anything but spend money wildly. There's no point in criticizing them for such things, because spending like crazy is just what they do, it's part of their core principles.

Anyone who votes for a Democrat expecting fiscal sanity is sadly mistaken.