About 10:30 Monday morning, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), an ardent foe of big government, posted a blog item on his campaign Web site about the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “I strongly believe BP is spread too thin,” he wrote.The poor dears. He thinks it would be a better arrangement if “federal and state officials” would do the dirty work of “protecting and cleaning up the coast” instead of BP.
About an hour later came word from the Pentagon that Alabama, Florida and Mississippi — all three governed by men who once considered themselves limited-government conservatives — want the federal government to mobilize (at taxpayer expense, of course) more National Guard troops to aid in the cleanup.
That followed an earlier request by the small-government governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal (R), who issued a statement saying he had called the Obama administration “to outline the state’s needs” and to ask “for additional resources.” Said Jindal: “These resources are critical.”
Dana Milbank is really great in this.
I'm for limited government, myself. One way I think government MUST serve us is in times of emergency. It's one of the few good reasons to pay our taxes. Regardless, it's pretty hilarious to see Republicans pretty much demanding stuff from the federal government.
Seems like the red states want bail-outs, too.
FEND FOR YOURSELVES, LOSERS!!
(KIDDING!!)
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