Hypocrisy Alert

Last week, Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) slammed President Obama’s recovery and reinvestment plan. “Hold on to your wallets folks because with the passage of this trillion-dollar baby the Democrats will be poised to spend as much as $3 trillion in your tax dollars,” Bond said. “Unfortunately, this bill stimulates the debt, it stimulates the growth of government, but it doesn’t stimulate jobs,” Bond insisted.

However, today Bond is touring Missouri to tout the very stimulus plan he railed against. In a press release, Bond boasted about an amendment he included in the bill to provide more funding for affordable housing — and that will create jobs...

“This is the type of emergency stimulus spending we should be supporting — programs that will create jobs now and help families,” Bond said.

[From Hypocrisy Alert: Republicans take credit for the stimulus plan after they voted against it. | Crooks and Liars]