Behold Our Elected Hypocrite

William Sullivan * American Thinker

Southern playwright Tennessee Williams left us with this observation:

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite.

It is universally accepted that hypocrites are a special kind of liar, deserving of a special kind of contempt. With this in mind, read the following:

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It’s a sign that the US Government can’t pay its own bills. It’s a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington today is shifting the burden of bad choices onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.

Now, one might be inclined to think this quote might be the recent utterance of a Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, or some other extremist conservative. But actually, these are the words of Barack Obama in 2006, criticizing the Bush administration for increasing America’s debt and raising the debt limit in response.

After almost 5 years under Barack Obama’s leadership, perpetually raising America’s debt limit has become a foregone conclusion and a matter of economic survival. To suggest that we do anything otherwise is now a radical proposition. That is to say, if I were to offer the Obama administration the exact criticism that Obama offered the Bush administration, I’d be

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