I think I will pinch a baby today
Okay, not really. But if I were to intentionally pinch a baby today…really, really, hard (maybe leave a slight mark), and tomorrow I lash out and pretend to be outraged at my neighbor for spanking his kid, well, I guess that would sort of make me a hypocrite right?
Hypocrite – a good word to describe President Obama. While he is screaming and declaring his “outrage” at AIG for paying out bonuses based on “performance” in 2008 – which is ridiculous in itself – he apparently forgot that he received $104,333 from AIG in 2008. Hat tip to CG for the link and to Cara Ellison for the short but sweet summary.
To be fair, the list of politicians who have received contributions from AIG is long and it includes Republicans and Democrats alike (although it shows Democrats received the majority of the contributions in 2008). In my opinion, anyone pretending to be offended by AIG paying out bonuses, while receiving money from them is a hypocrite.
Anyway, this reminds me of a comparison someone made about Democrats trying to “fix” the housing and economic problems – they said something like “it’s like an arsonist coming back and trying to help put out a fire he started.” I wish I could remember the source of that quote. The point being that first Democrats create these horrible messes, and then pretend to be outraged, all while still managing to make a profit.
One of the biggest claims Democrats/liberals always make is that Republicans stand for big corporations. The repeat over and over that Republicans are not for the people, they’re for big business, etc, etc. The truth (and I learned it recently and the hard way) is that politicians from both sides get money from corporations. I’ll be the first to say that I was (maybe still am to some point) a Wal-Mart hater. I had it in my head that Wal-Mart “oppressed” workers and they got away with it by paying off Republicans – yes, I was one of many victims of the mainstream media. I’ve slowly learned that corporations are necessary to create a little something that the U.S. needs – it’s called JOBS.
I don’t want to ramble – just wanted to note Obama’s hypocrisy – not that it’s the first, or the last time, there will be opportunity to point it out.
