Rep. John Kline (R-MN) red-lined my hypocrisy meter today. The House Education and Labor committee passed a child nutrition bill. The bipartisan bill would spend an additional $8 billion over a decade on food programs for infants and children. They were unable to figure out a way to pay for the bill.
"The debt crisis is the greatest national security threat we face," ranking Republican John Kline of Minnesota said. "The cost of this legislation cannot be ignored."
The national debt mountain which Kline helped build is now our "greatest national security threat?" That's interesting to say the least. Kline has apparently forgotten how he and the Bush Administration spent like drunken Marines on leave.
Now after he's sobered up (although not repented for his errant ways), he wants us to believe he cares about the debt and that it "cannot be ignored" like he used to ignore it.
