Since
President Obama first took office, Republicans have stood lock-step against his legislative agenda. In March 2010, Republican senators waged
a record number of filibusters for a two-year
term – after just 14 months.
Given the GOP’s dearth of ideas, it’s
understandable that Rep. Peter King (R-NY) told radio
host Bill Bennett that Republicans shouldn’t “lay out a complete agenda,”
because it could become “a campaign issue.”
Despite
their blanket rejection of virtually everything President Obama has proposed, many prominent conservative leaders have
urged the GOP to develop a substantive agenda instead of simply accepting their
“Party of No” label.
Yesterday
Red State founder Erick Erickson was asked by a Think Progress reporter of his thoughts on the “Party of No” moniker.
Erickson took the GOP to task for clouding the issue. He advised them to “stop
lying” about being the “Party of No” because “everyone knows you are”.
The
Think Progress reporter told Mr. Erickson that the Republicans are saying, if you accuse them of
being the party of no or not having ideas, they will say “oh no!”
Erickson: That’s such crap. Say you’re the
“Party of No.” Of course you are. Everyone knows you are. Stop lying.
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