Some congressional GOPers back from Bizarroworld

What brought them back? The threat of the government helping poor black people, it would seem. For five years, we've watched Republicans whistle and take a sudden interest in the ceiling as their leader shoved through massive tax cuts for the rich combined with increased spending and an expansion of government. Then there was that $220 billion (and counting) war. All leading up to our biggest deficit ever.

In closed-door meetings, fiscal conservatives have begged their colleagues not to put the cost of disaster relief on the government credit card for future generations to carry.

Among those who have protested in these private sessions is Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a fiscal conservative who said his colleagues greeted his suggestion that disaster relief be offset by other cuts with "stone cold silence." He added, "You would have thought I was a Martian."

It is clear that Republican leaders' overwhelming priority at the moment is to project competence and generosity in the aftermath of Katrina. But Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) said Republicans need to have heart-to-heart discussions about adding so much to the nation's debt.

"You can't tell me there aren't places to save a penny or two on the dollar and ship it to relief in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi," Hensarling said. "I just don't believe it as I look around."

How about this rephrasing of your point, Hensarlin, you douche: "You can't tell me there aren't places to increase taxes a penny or two on the dollar and ship it to relief in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi."

Seriously, could these bastards be any more morally bankrupt? By the way, keep in mind these guys' home states. Like those who wouldn't sign the anti-lynching legislation, like those who want mandatory prayer in school, etc., etc. Sigh.